A gunman in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, took a hotel worker hostage on Monday as he demanded the resignation of President Dilma Rousseff.

The armed man at the Hotel Saint Peter did not ask for any ransom but only called for "Dilma's downfall," negotiators said. He also made other unclear demands at 2:00 pm local time and gave the officials six hours to meet his set conditions, CNTV detailed.

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The hostage situation comes just one week before Brazil holds its presidential election this Sunday, the report added.

The assailant's name was not revealed, but a report by news website G1 identified him as an official from the Brazilian state of Tocantis.

Aside from Rousseff's resignation, he asked authorities to extradite Cesare Battisti, an ex-Italian leftist, and apply the Clean Slate Law.

He asked for "the extradition of (former Italian leftist radical) Cesare Battisti and the application of the Clean State Law...," police officer Paulo Henrique Almeida said. "He said he will detonate the explosives if we don't heed his demands."

The assailant handcuffed his hostage and paraded him on the 13^th floor of the establishment, wearing what appeared to be a bomb vest, which he threatened to detonate if his demands were not given.

The police bomb squad (BOPE) worked with the Civil Police Special Operations Division for the release of the hotel employee, but also positioned sharpshooters in strategic locations in case the negotiations failed.

According to the Civil Police, the gunman's weapon was real, but they were not sure if the explosives were. Almeida said they have evacuated the establishment and nearby buildings as a precaution.

The captor eventually surrendered to the authorities after eight hours and local police arrested him, Buenos Aires Herald reported.

Authorities later on found out that the firearm he was carrying was fake, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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