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Manila - All the hostages, believed to be about 15, on board a bus in the Philippines capital of Manila are thought to be dead, Filipino police told al-Jazeera news service on Monday.
Police stormed the bus where a gunman was holding Hong Kong tourists hostage, but they could not immediately get inside.
The crisis was being broadcast live on national television.
Multiple gunshots were heard moments before the heavily-armed police approached the bus, parked in Manila's historic tourist district.
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.
Ten minutes after the police approached the bus, they still could not get inside. There were no clear signs of movement from within the bus.
Fifteen tourists from Hong Kong were believed to be on the bus when police stormed it. An ex-policeman armed with an M-16 assault rifle took the people on board the bus hostage on Monday in a desperate bid to get his job back.
The gunman earlier released nine hostages - leaving 15 inside - and demanded his job back to free the rest.
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, 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.
News24
Manila - All the hostages, believed to be about 15, on board a bus in the Philippines capital of Manila are thought to be dead, Filipino police told al-Jazeera news service on Monday.
Police stormed the bus where a gunman was holding Hong Kong tourists hostage, but they could not immediately get inside.
The crisis was being broadcast live on national television.
Multiple gunshots were heard moments before the heavily-armed police approached the bus, parked in Manila's historic tourist district.
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.
Ten minutes after the police approached the bus, they still could not get inside. There were no clear signs of movement from within the bus.
Fifteen tourists from Hong Kong were believed to be on the bus when police stormed it. An ex-policeman armed with an M-16 assault rifle took the people on board the bus hostage on Monday in a desperate bid to get his job back.
The gunman earlier released nine hostages - leaving 15 inside - and demanded his job back to free the rest.
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, 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.
News24
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