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Hostage-taker: Former Senior Inspector
Rolando Mendoza, stands at the entrance
of the bus earlier in the
siege.
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An ex-policeman who hijacked a tourist bus (inside the bus)
speaking
with negotiators at the front of the bus in Manila.
(Ted Aljibe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)
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Released: Four hostages - a mother and three
children - are escorted from the bus after being freed.
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Former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza
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A demand was posted by the hostage taker on the bus window.
(Erik De Castro/Reuters)
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Demands: A list of the gunman's grudges against the Manila police
department are taped to the windscreen.
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Policemen smashed windows and stormed the bus.
(Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency)
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Policemen checks the body of the hostage-taker on
the shattered door of the hijacked bus in Manila,
the Philippines, Aug. 23, 2010.
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A hostage is rushed from the scene of the
incident in Manila to hospital.
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