Gunman killed; gov't gains control of bus Manila hostage-taking over
Rain pounded hard on the bus that was once filled with laughing tourists of Hong-Thai travel and tourist bus as members of the Manila Police District’s Special Weapons and Tactics Unit swooped down at the rear portion of the vehicle and sprayed multiple bullets of the police officer, who was standing near the vehicle’s door at around 8:00 p.m. (linus escandor)
Dismissed Police Captain Rolando Mendoza waves from the bus where he held hostage its passengers, composed mostly of tourists from Hong Kong and three Filipinos, Monday in front of the Quirino Grandstand. The hostage-taker of foreigner-packed tourist bus in Manila Monday is a bemedalled police officer who is just months away from his mandatory retirement from the police service, records from the Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed. (linus escandor)
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