Until now, Manila police had said officers did not kill any of the hostages. The driver of the bus also told investigators that the hostage-taker shot each of the passengers at close range.

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MANILA, Philippines — Two women were held hostage by a man inside a shop along Recto Avenue in Manila yesterday afternoon. The suspect identified only as Jong was reportedly a fixer. Armed with ...

MANILA--A recently dismissed security ... militant but a heavily indebted gambler. In 2010, a hostage drama aboard a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed when an angry ex-policeman demanding ...