Travel News – Newsletter for August 23, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Ex-policeman in Philippine capital holds tourist bus hostage with 26 aboard
Ex-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage
MANILA, Philippines – A dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized a bus in the Philippine capital Monday with 24 passengers, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand his reinstatement, police said.
Six hostages, including three children, were subsequently released, and appeared to be unhurt.
Police sharpshooters …. Source article : Ex-policeman in Philippine capital holds tourist bus hostage with 26 aboard.