Manila hostage crisis

Manila hostage crisis
Manila hostage crisis
	The bus on which the hostages were held captive and later murdered
Location	Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°34′48″N 120°58′28″E / 14.58000°N 120.97444°E
Date	August 23, 2010 ; 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (UTC+08:00)
Target	Hong Kong tourists on board a bus
Attack type	Hostage crisis, siege, mass murder
Weapons	Elisco XM16E1 rifle; .45-caliber Colt Government handgun; Knife;
Deaths	9 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	9 (7 hostages and 2 bystanders)
Perpetrator	Rolando Mendoza
Motive	To get his job as a Senior PNP officer back and his benefits along with it

The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident (Tagalog: Pagbibihag ng bus sa Maynila),^[3] took place when a disgruntled former Philippine National Police officer named Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, on August 23, 2010. The bus carried 25 people: 20 tourists, a tour guide from Hong Kong, and four local Filipinos. Mendoza claimed that he had been unfairly dismissed from his job, and demanded a fair hearing to defend himself.^[4]^[5]

Negotiations (which were broadcast live on television and the internet) broke down dramatically about ten hours into the stand-off, when the police arrested Mendoza's brother and thus incited Mendoza to open fire.^[6] The bus driver managed to escape, and declared "Everyone is dead" before he was moved away by policemen.^[7] Following a 90-minute gun battle, Mendoza and eight of the hostages were killed and several others injured.^[8]

The Philippine and Hong Kong governments conducted separate investigations into the incident. Both inquiries concluded that the Philippine officials' poor handling of the situation caused the eight hostages' deaths.^[9]^[10] The assault mounted by the Manila Police District (MPD), and the resulting shoot-out, have been widely criticized by pundits as "bungled" and "incompetent",^[11] and the Hong Kong Government has issued a "black" travel alert for the Philippines as a result of the incident.^[12]

^ "Manila hostage incident victim name list". Hong Kong's Information Services Department Press Release. August 24, 2010. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2010. – For the names in Chinese, see the versions in Traditional Chinese Archived December 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine and Simplified Chinese Archived March 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Conde, Carlos (August 23, 2010). "Gunman and 8 Hostages Dead in the Philippines". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
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^ Gregorio, Ann Rozainne R. (August 24, 2010).Timeline: Manila hostage crisis Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. BusinessWorld.
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^ "Driver escapes, says 'hostages all dead'". ABS-CBN News (in Tagalog). August 23, 2010. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
^ Abuyuan, Gina (August 23, 2010). "9 killed in Manila hostage drama". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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^ "Hong Kong inquest criticises Philippines on bus hijack". BBC. March 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
^ MacKinnon, Ian; Foster, Peter (August 24, 2010). "Hostage rescue team 'bungled Philippines coach rescue'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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[hkgovt-victimlist-1] "Manila hostage incident victim name list". Hong Kong's Information Services Department Press Release. August 24, 2010. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2010. – For the names in Chinese, see the versions in Traditional Chinese Archived December 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine and Simplified Chinese Archived March 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[rolando-2] Conde, Carlos (August 23, 2010). "Gunman and 8 Hostages Dead in the Philippines". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2010.

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[BWTimeline-5] Gregorio, Ann Rozainne R. (August 24, 2010).Timeline: Manila hostage crisis Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. BusinessWorld.

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[DriverEscapes-7] "Driver escapes, says 'hostages all dead'". ABS-CBN News (in Tagalog). August 23, 2010. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.

[8] Abuyuan, Gina (August 23, 2010). "9 killed in Manila hostage drama". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

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[bbc20110323-10] "Hong Kong inquest criticises Philippines on bus hijack". BBC. March 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.

[11] MacKinnon, Ian; Foster, Peter (August 24, 2010). "Hostage rescue team 'bungled Philippines coach rescue'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

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