Philippine
tragedy!
Fool Filipino!
Bus hostage ends with 8 dead
Bloodshed Monday... A dramatic 12-hour hostage taking in the
Philippines capital ended with 7 bus passengers dead...
The hostage
taker, expoliceman who seized their
vehicle in a bid to get his job back, was killed with a sniper shot to
the head after he wounded a police sharpshooter.
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hijacks bus in Manila
Police used hammers
to smash side
windows, door and windscreen, but did not enter the vehicle... The crisis began when the
dismissed policeman, Rolando Mendoza, 55, armed with a M16 rifle seized
the busload of Hong Kong tourists to demand his reinstatement in the
force. According
to newspaper reports from 2008, he was among five officers who had been
charged with robbery, extortion and grave threats after a Manila hotel
chef filed a complaint alleging the policemen falsely accused him of
using drugs to extort money.
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