August 23rd, 2010
A gunman forced his way onto a tourist bus in the Philippines with a loaded rifle in hand. After a 10-hour standoff, the suspect is now dead, several hostages were killed and wounded, some escaped without harm. Watch video footage of police storming the bus. Rolando Mendoza, a distraught ex-police captain, staged the hijacking of a bus with about 25 hostages to try to recover his job. The ex-police captain was discharged a year ago for alleged extortion charges, this has yet to be confirmed. He was wearing his old uniform while carrying a rifle throughout the incident. Mendoza approached the bus and pointed his weapon at the driver.
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