(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) A man set fire to his South Florida apartment, killed six people, and held another two hostage at gunpoint before a SWAT team stormed the complex and fatally shot him Saturday, according to police and witness accounts. Forces stormed his position early Saturday and rescued two neighbours he had taken hostage in the Miami suburb of Hialeah. Police did not mention the motive of the 43-year-old man identified as Pedro Vargas. "Nobody seems to know why he acted the way he acted," Hialeah Police Department Spokesman Carl Zogby told reporters. The ordeal which started around half past six Friday evening lasted eight hours with the gunman running through the building and shooting randomly, according to media reports.
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