Case Studies Manila Hostage Crisis
Manila Hostage Crisis
August 23, 2010 when Manila Hostage Crisis occurred at Rizal Park, Manila, it started when the gunman boarded a bus in Manila’s Tourist District Bus, he was recognized as Rolando Mendoza. He wore his old uniform and carried a riffle when he asked the tourist bus, Hong Thai Travel Bus, for a ride. It contains 22 tourist and 3 Filipinos. Rolando Mendoza was said to be discharged from the police force after 31 years of service because of his involvement in an extortion incident in Manila. He hijacked the bus for the reason that he wanted to fast track the review of his administrative case, also, he wants to be reinstated to the service with all the benefits and privileges.
The hi-jacking started at approximately 9am in the morning. Out of the 25 hostages, 8 of them were dead, 9 were released (6 of them are Hong Kong Tourists, 2 of them are Filipino Photographers who volunteered in exchange of the aforementioned releases and 1 of them is the tour guide) before threatening an escalation of the incident by 3pm. The bus driver, Alberto Lubang, managed to escape and said to the media that everyone in the bus were dead which was confirmed by Senior Superintendent Nelson Yabut. But later on found that there are still number of people who are still alive. Mendoza kept a constant communication with the media all throughout the hostage taking. He told a live radio broadcast that he had shot two of his captives and would kill the others if the police did not give his demands. After 12 hours of negotiation, there were six survivors whereas one of them is left unconscious.
What the people in charge did was they forcibly handcuffed Mendoza’s brother for being an accessory to the crime and was put to the waiting police car among other relatives and was showed in the news which was monitored by Rolando Mendoza. Making him being revengeful as ever firing guns and the SWAT hammering the bus windows which resulted to the hostages being injured since the SWAT
August 23, 2010 when Manila Hostage Crisis occurred at Rizal Park, Manila, it started when the gunman boarded a bus in Manila’s Tourist District Bus, he was recognized as Rolando Mendoza. He wore his old uniform and carried a riffle when he asked the tourist bus, Hong Thai Travel Bus, for a ride. It contains 22 tourist and 3 Filipinos. Rolando Mendoza was said to be discharged from the police force after 31 years of service because of his involvement in an extortion incident in Manila. He hijacked the bus for the reason that he wanted to fast track the review of his administrative case, also, he wants to be reinstated to the service with all the benefits and privileges.
The hi-jacking started at approximately 9am in the morning. Out of the 25 hostages, 8 of them were dead, 9 were released (6 of them are Hong Kong Tourists, 2 of them are Filipino Photographers who volunteered in exchange of the aforementioned releases and 1 of them is the tour guide) before threatening an escalation of the incident by 3pm. The bus driver, Alberto Lubang, managed to escape and said to the media that everyone in the bus were dead which was confirmed by Senior Superintendent Nelson Yabut. But later on found that there are still number of people who are still alive. Mendoza kept a constant communication with the media all throughout the hostage taking. He told a live radio broadcast that he had shot two of his captives and would kill the others if the police did not give his demands. After 12 hours of negotiation, there were six survivors whereas one of them is left unconscious.
What the people in charge did was they forcibly handcuffed Mendoza’s brother for being an accessory to the crime and was put to the waiting police car among other relatives and was showed in the news which was monitored by Rolando Mendoza. Making him being revengeful as ever firing guns and the SWAT hammering the bus windows which resulted to the hostages being injured since the SWAT