Monday, August 23, 2010

Tourist Held Hostage in Philippine Bus

Posted on 8/23/2010 08:52:00 AM with 7 comments
Tourist Held Hostage in Philippine Bus - An armed policeman who lost his job last year took a tourist bus hostage on Monday, setting off a daylong standoff that ended after police commandos stormed the bus.There were 15 hostages on the bus when police stormed it. Nine had been released earlier, including a mother and her three children, a man with diabetes, and two photographers, . Most of those on the bus were tourists.
At least 4 died  from the Tourist and 6 were taken to the hospital but 2 more died later.

The Hostage taker has been identified as former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, 55.According to newspaper reports from 2008, he was among five officers 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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7 comments:

  1. Frank RosenbergAugust 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    We had a similar situation over here in the UK with Raoul Moat. Was a big story in the UK.

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  2. TV Shows And MoviesAugust 24, 2010 at 11:33 AM

    What a sad and tragic news for yesterday!

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  3. AnonymousAugust 30, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    it is the right thing of killing them because it cannot do any other guys so police did right jobs thanks for sharning

    thanks,
    Rachel
    pearl ring jewelry

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  4. johnSeptember 2, 2010 at 4:19 AM

    Its really very sad on the part of the people.

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  5. felicita bullardSeptember 10, 2010 at 2:44 AM

    That was really sad.

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  6. Darth ContinentSeptember 10, 2010 at 10:08 PM

    The S.W.A.T. team's performance was an embarrassment, I'd feel luckier trying to grab a weapon from one of the police and using it than trusting them to take out the perpetrator!

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  7. leilaSeptember 10, 2010 at 11:06 PM

    Sadder fact is discrimination was bad before and it will get worse now

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