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August 23, 2010 / 5:55 AM EDT / CBS/AP

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A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday, with officials saying at least seven Chinese tourists were dead along with the disgruntled ex-policeman who seized their vehicle in a bid to get his job back.

At least six captives survived, four of whom were seen crawling out the back door of the bus after Philippine police stormed it Monday evening when the hostage-taker started shooting at the 15 Chinese tourists inside, said police Senior Superintendent Nelson Yabut.

He said the hostage-taker was killed with a sniper shot to the head after he wounded a police sharpshooter.

Police and ambulances were lined up next to the vehicle in the pouring rain after the standoff ended. Local hospitals reported seven bodies of hostages were brought in. One other hostage was hospitalized in critical condition, and five others were unharmed.

Officials have yet to disclose the fate of the two other hostages.

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.

The gunman released nine hostages during the afternoon - leaving 15 inside - and demanded his job back to free the rest. Despite hopes that negotiations might bring the stand-off to a peaceful conclusion, tensions escalated as night closed in.

Police said they stormed the bus after they saw Mendoza open fire on hostages.

Moments before the commandos moved in, the Filipino driver fled. Police officer Roderick Mariano cited him as saying Mendoza had opened fire at the tourists.   Earlier, police in helmets and flak jackets crouched beside the bus after firing shots at the tires in a bid to immobilize the vehicle and end the standoff. Shots were heard several times and the bus began rolling at one tense moment in the drama.

Hong Thai Travel Services Ltd. General Manager Susanna Lau told Hong Kong's Cable TV the tour group had left the Chinese territory of Hong Kong on Aug. 20 for a visit to Manila and was scheduled to fly back to Hong Kong on Monday. She said a Hong Kong tour guide and 20 tourists from the territory - three children and 17 adults - were on the bus. There were also four Filipinos on board.

Mendoza hitched a ride on the bus from the historic walled city of Intramuros and then "declared he is taking the passengers hostage" when it reached Jose Rizal Park alongside Manila Bay, police said.

The area also includes the seaside U.S. Embassy and a number of hotels.

Mendoza's younger brother, Gregorio, also a policeman, said that his brother felt that "injustice was done on him."

"He was disappointed that he did well in police service but was dismissed for a crime he did not do," he said.

Lo also reports that Gregorio Mendoza has told reporters he fears being accused of acting as an accessory to the hostage-taking and would be killed by police if the hostage-taking situation doesn't end well.

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Police kill gunman to end Manila hostage bus drama

Update police have killed a gunman who took hostage a group of hong kong tourists on a bus in the philippine capital, at least five were killed during the siege..

Police try to open the door of the tourist bus hijacked in Manila.

Police killed a gunman who took hostage a group of Hong Kong tourists on a bus in the heart of the Philippine capital today, a senior police official said. "He is dead. He was forced to retreat to the front of the vehicle when the SWAT (special weapons and tactics police) team attacked from the back," assault leader Superintendent Nelson Yabut said. At least five Hong Kong tourists were killed during the dramatic hostage siege. "At the moment there are five casualties. Four are confirmed dead. One is in a critical condition," Faith Gaerlan, emergency medicine chief at Manila Doctors Hospital, told AFP. Another hospital also received the body of a woman it identified as among the hostages, a member of its emergency medical staff said. Metropolitan Manila police chief director Leocadio Santiago said police could not immediately give an exact figure of the casualties and those who survived. A total of 22 Hong Kong tourists and three Filipinos were aboard the tourist bus when sacked police senior inspector Rolando Mendoza seized the vehicle early today, demanding that he be reinstated. He released nine people during police negotiations, including two Filipinos, and demanded his job back to release the rest. The remaining Filipino, the bus driver, escaped when Mendoza began shooting at the hostages by nightfall, forcing police to launch an assault in a bid to free the remaining 15 hostages. The Filipino driver who escaped moments before police surrounded the bus in downtown Manila said the hostage-taker, armed with an M16 rifle, had opened fire at the tourists, police officer Roderick Mariano said. Police used hammers to smash side windows, door and windscreen, but did not initially enter the vehicle and there was no movement seen inside.

Hours after seizing the bus, he released two women, three children, a diabetic man and three Filipinos - including a tour guide and a photographer, police said. The hostage-taker, identified as former senior inspector Rolando Mendoza, 55, was demanding he be given back his job on the police force a year after he was fired, the Manila police chief Rodolfo Magtibay said. 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. A Chinese diplomat who was monitoring today's negotiations said the hostages were "calm and peaceful" and appealed to Philippine authorities not to jeopardise their safety as the day-long talks with the gunman continued into the evening.

Bai Tian, the deputy mission chief at the Chinese Embassy, told reporters they wanted every step taken "to secure the safety and security of our Chinese nationals". The Hong Thai Travel Services Ltd general manager, Susanna Lau, told Hong Kong's Cable TV the tour group had left the Chinese territory of Hong Kong on August 20 for a visit to Manila and was scheduled to fly back to Hong Kong today.

She said a Hong Kong tour guide and 20 tourists from the territory, three children and 17 adults, were on the bus. Mr Mendoza hitched a ride on the bus from the historic walled city of Intramuros then "declared he is taking the passengers hostage" when it reached Jose Rizal Park alongside Manila Bay, Magtibay said.

The area also includes the seaside US Embassy and a number of hotels.

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Rolando Mendoza, a police officer fired from his job, was armed with an automatic rifle when he seized a bus in Manila, Philippines, with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand his reinstatement. The gunman and seven hostages were killed.

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A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ends in bloodshed, with at least eight people killed, along with the disgruntled former policeman who seized their vehicle

Manila: A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday, with officials saying at least eight Chinese tourists were dead along with the disgruntled former policeman who seized their vehicle in a bid to get his job back.

At least six captives survived, four of whom were seen crawling out the back door of the bus after Philippine police stormed it on Monday evening when the hostage-taker started shooting at the 15 Chinese tourists inside, said police Senior Superintendent Nelson Yabut.

Listen!   Audio supplied by Radio 2 According to police, the Filipino driver who escaped said that the hostage-taker, armed with an M16 rifle, had opened fire at the tourists.

The hostage-taker, identified as former senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza, earlier told a live radio broadcast on Monday that he had shot two of his captives and would kill the others if police did not meet his demands. Mendoza's brother, Gregorio, told a local TV station that his brother was upset by his dismissal from the force. According to media reports, Mendoza had been dismissed for reasons including extortion. He lost his retirement benefits when he was dismissed from police service.

"His problem was he was unjustly removed from service. There was no due process, no hearing, no complaint," said Gregorio, who was later taken into custody by police. Gregorio, a police officer, attempted to enter the tourist bus to negotiate but was arrested by police because he was carrying a gun.

Mendoza initially held hostage 25 people but later released nine of the hostages, including two women, three children, a diabetic man and three Filipinos. He demanded his job back to free the others.

According to newspaper reports from 2008, Mendoza 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. "I want a decision of my cases to be delivered personally by the following persons," Mendoza  wrote on a large paper that was clipped on the windshield of the tourist bus when it was parked near the Quirino Grandstand.

He kept sending messages this way. His messages included a demand for crude oil, food, and electric cable.

A Chinese diplomat who was monitoring Monday's negotiations appealed to Philippine authorities not to jeopardise the safety of the hostages. Bai Tian, deputy mission chief at the Chinese Embassy, told reporters they wanted every step taken "to secure the safety and security of our Chinese nationals."

Police earlier brought in food for the hostages as well as fuel so the air conditioning unit can keep running as the temperature outside the bus reached 32 degrees Celsius.

Hong Thai Travel Services Ltd. General Manager Susanna Lau told Hong Kong's Cable TV that the tour group had left Hong Kong on August 20 for a visit to Manila and was scheduled to return to Hong Kong on Monday.

Mendoza hitched a ride on the bus from the historic walled city of Intramuros and then "declared he is taking the passengers hostage" when it reached Jose Rizal Park alongside Manila Bay, Magtibay said.

Apart from demanding his reinstatement, Mendoza also wanted to talk to the Philippine media and asked that his son, also a policeman, be brought to him. A representative from the ombudsman's office talked to Mendoza on the phone and promised to look into his case again, Mendoza's brother, Florencio, told reporters.

Mendoza's younger brother, Gregorio, also a policeman, said his brother felt "injustice was done on him" when he was fired.

"He was disappointed that he did well in police service but was dismissed for a crime he did not do," he said.

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Philippines police: authorities botched hostage rescue.

• Gunman was able to watch live coverage of the standoff
• Police officials say they observed inadequate skills and improper crowd control
• National police chief says authorities tried to end standoff peacefully
• Philippine Red Cross chairman says gunman initially said he would not harm hostages

Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- Anger mounted Tuesday as police in the Philippines acknowledged mistakes in a hostage rescue effort that ended with the deaths of eight people on a tourist bus.

Police shot and killed the gunman, former police officer Rolando Mendoza, who was apparently upset at having lost his job. He held hostage a busload of tourists from Hong Kong on Monday and according to witnesses, he was willing to cooperate before he was shot dead.

In Hong Kong, flags flew at half-staff and radio talk shows were abuzz with criticism of authorities in the Philippines. The word "incompetent" was repeatedly heard.

The deadly standoff unfolded live on television, which the gunman was able to watch on a monitor on the bus.

"We do not want to pass sweeping judgment or make early conclusions except to say that our intention to peacefully end this hostage drama was spoiled when the hostage-taker suddenly exhibited violent behavior and began shooting the hostages," Philippine National Police Chief Director General Jesus A. Verzosa said in a statement.

National police said officials have already noted "some observations and defects during their close monitoring of the unfolding events."

The statement did not provide details, but listed "poor handling of the hostage negotiation," "inadequate capability, skills, equipment and planning of the assault team," "improper crowd control," "inadequate training and competence of assault team leader," and "non-compliance to media relations procedures in hostage situations."

Survivors were scheduled to leave the Philippines on Tuesday as officials and family members called on authorities to investigate.

"The investigation has got to find out, what was the turning point? What happened?" Philippine National Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon told CNN on Tuesday.

It was a dark moment for President Benigno S. Aquino III, who was elected by a landslide last spring with a promise to restore the nation's reputation. He declared a national day of mourning Wednesday.

Gordon told CNN that interviews with survivors have revealed that the situation inside the bus changed dramatically toward the end of the 10-hour standoff.

"Apparently the man went berserk. He was telling everybody he was not going to harm [them]. ... He said that nobody's going to get harmed. He said that he was probably going to die, but not the hostages," he said.

A woman who was on the bus told reporters her husband was killed when he tried to stop the gunman.

"My husband was very brave. He rushed out from the back of the bus to try to stop the killer," said the woman, who identified herself as Alicia Leung.

She told reporters that she pretended to be dead in order to survive.

"Why did authorities not rescue us? There were so many of us on the bus. Why did no one come to rescue us? It is so cruel," she said.

In Manila, Aquino said he had ordered an investigation and would wait until it is completed before deciding whether anyone should lose his or her job.

In Hong Kong, officials and residents questioned how Filipino authorities had handled the hostage situation.

"This is a serious blow to Hong Kong people. We all feel very devastated," Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang told reporters Tuesday, saying that the government would soon announce community mourning events.

Four men and four women were killed in the standoff, authorities in Hong Kong said. One passenger was critically wounded and six others were hospitalized with less serious injuries after the 10-hour standoff erupted into gunfire, Tsang said.

The Hong Kong-based tour guide was among those who died, Hong Thai Travel said in a statement. Some of the victims were insured and would be compensated, the travel agency said.

The gunman released nine of the hostages, including a mother and her three children, a man with diabetes, and two photographers. The bus driver also escaped.

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said Tuesday that two of the released hostages were British nationals.

Manila police official Leocadio Santiago told CNN that Mendoza's family members spoke with him early in the standoff and that he appeared "very reasonable and very psychologically stable."

Mendoza was a decorated police officer, winning several accolades. But his career spiraled downward when he was dismissed a year ago for extortion, Manila Vice Mayor Ikso Moreno said, and he wanted his motion for reconsideration to be heard.

"He felt that it was being neglected," Moreno said. "So he went on hostaging a bus full of foreign individuals. So when we talked to him this afternoon, that's what he wanted."

Moreno said that Mendoza's brother was arrested because he was "guilty of conspiring with his brother" and allegedly helped instigate the shooting.

Gordon said the brother's arrest may have pushed the gunman over the edge.

"When he saw his brother getting accosted by the policemen, he went berserk and he started firing," he said.

CNN's Sarita Harilela and journalists Constance Cheng, Maria Ressa and Arlene Samson-Espiritu contributed to this report.

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A former Filipino policeman has kept Hong Kong tourists hostage by hijacking their bus in Manila , the capital of the Philippines . Rolando Mendoza fired his M16 rifle at the tourists. Several hostages have been rescued and least six have been confirmed dead so far. Six hostages, including the children and elderly, were released early, as were the Filipino photographers. The photographers later took the place of an aged lady as she needed the lavatory. Mendoza was gunned down.

Mendoza was fired from the Police Force after robbery and drugs claims. His brother explained that 'his problem was he was unjustly removed from service. There was no due process, no hearing, no complaint.' Both government officials and his brother had tried to negotiate with him to release the hostages.

Mendoza stuck handwritten notes on the bus. One threatened that a 'big deal' would happen after 3pm; another said 'big mistake to correct a big wrong decision'. Yet another attempted to catch the attention of the media.

Gunshots were heard inside the bus and Mendoza was shot down. The police rescued the hostages on the bus. The number of survivors totalled seven. Nine were confirmed dead.

The Hong Kong government consulted Hong Thai Travel and decided to send a plane to take the survivors back to Hong Kong. Ambrose Lee led an ad hoc group to deal with the incident. One police officer and one Immigration Department officer flew from Hong Kong to Manila to help.

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The Manila Hostage Crisis incident, 11 years after the fact

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Eleven years ago, also on a Monday, in Rizal Park, “ the heart of Man i la ,” saw a horrific incident that exposed the incompetence of the police force at that time.

The Manila Hostage Crisis, also known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident, has  lasted nine hours  on August 23, 2010. From morning to night, it had the attention of nearly every watchful eye that day.

The perpetrator was Rolando Mendoza, a 55 ex-officer at the time, whose only demand was for him to have a fair hearing to defend himself. 

Mendoza was apparently  unfairly dismissed  from his job as a policeman—an exemplary police officer, to be exact. For nearly 30 years, he climbed through the ranks with much dedication and hard work, as his colleagues at the Manila Police District stated.

On the day of the hostage crisis, two of his former colleagues, Superintendent Orlando Yebra Jr. and Chief Inspector Romeo Salvador, handled negotiations.

The late President Benigno Aquino III knew of the hostage-taking incident while it was unfolding yet kept his distance. He stated that he was “confident in the capabilities of our security forces.” But, soon after, the situation deteriorated. 

25 people were on that Hong Thai Travel bus. 20 Hong Kong tourists and their tour guide, three Filipino tour guides, and the bus driver. Seven of them would survive, though injured. But, unfortunately, 9 of them never made it out alive — including Mendoza.

The then-55-year-old had been a decorated officer with a promising future and was even commended as one of the best policemen in the Philippines. However, in 1996, the ex-policeman was accused of gang rape in Rizal Park—the same place he would take hostages years later. 

In 2008, Mendoza  coerced a hotel chef to consume methamphetamine hydrochloride and then extorted the chef, Christian Kalaw, for money. 

The police force then fired Mendoza, without retirement benefits. His many denied appeals to the Ombudsman for a fair hearing was another factor that drove him to take hostages on this day 11 years ago.

The Manila Hostage-taking Crisis was a globally-known and publicly televised incident. Though it’s been years, the incident remains a dark stain on the Philippines’ internal and global reputation.

After the incident, Hong Kong gave the Philippines a “black” travel status alongside Syria, a country known for its war-torn state. However, as of this writing, the Philippines has already been placed under the  amber travel status .

– Alex/WhatALife.ph

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