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A hostage taking took place today, August 23, 2010 at Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines at around 8 a.m. The negotiation went smoothly until past 7 in the evening. The hostage taker is identified as former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza. He took over a tourist bus with Chinese Nationals and some Filipinos.
He first demanded to know the result of his case in the Ombudsman. After a few hours, he demanded to be reinstated to work after being dismissed from the PNP for robbery extortion case in 2008. Lunch was provided for the hostages and he also asked to coordinate with the media.
Still, at past 7pm, the bus driver was seen running away from the bus saying that everybody is dead. There were 15 Chinese nationals and the hostage-taker in the bus. I think that the hostage-taker was aggravated after his brother was arrested by the police.
It has been more than 40 minutes since the SWAT team launched assault against the hostage-taker. The police used a mobile patrol car to pull the door of the bus.
A dead body of one of the hostages has been sighted on the camera. This person was earlier seen as the one who was handcuffed in the door.
The back door of the bus have already been opened. As of the moment, there was no sign of life.
The SWAT team had finally entered the bus. MMDA ambulance was also seen on the area. The sound of automatic gunfire from Mendoza was just heard. It is confirmed that a civilian was wounded.
Just stay tuned for more updates.
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