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After more than 11 hours of hostage taking in a tourist bus, hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza was killed by the assault team of the police. It is just confirmed that 9 of the 15 held Chinese nationals is dead while others are under medical treatment in several Manila hospitals.
This is another tragic moment in the country. I could only imagine the effects of the incident on the economy, the tourism industry and the image of the Philippines as a whole. Though this may be considered as an isolated incident, the government, the armed forces or the national police and the media people could have done more to prevent the killings.
I think the situation was aggravated when Mendoza's brother alleged his fellow policemen of accusing him of being an accomplice to the crime. This, i believe, is the turning point of Mendoza's sanity. Did the negotiators or the media fail to resolve the situation???
Sigh.... My sympathies to the family of the victims. May God Bless those who suffered from this heart-breaking drama.
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