Philippines Bus Hostage Crisis
A dramatic hostage-taking inside the Philippines capital ended with six bus passengers dead Monday following shots rang out and police stormed the automobile.
The hostage-taker also died, police said.
5 hostages were brought for the Manila Hospital, two of them dead on arrival and three alive without having injuries.
The Manila Doctors Hospital reported it received four dead and one woman in essential situation.
The incident began when a dismissed policeman armed having a M16 rifle seized the busload of Hong Kong tourists to demand his reinstatement in the force.
Police officer Roderick Mariano cited the Filipino driver who escaped moments prior to police surrounded the bus as saying the hostage-taker, identified as former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, 55, opened fire in the visitors.
The gunman earlier released nine hostages — leaving 15 inside — and demanded his job back to free the rest.
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