tags: timeline 2010, bus, hostage, Pseudo-commando, police suspect, mass murder
August 23, 2010 Manila Bus Hostage Crisis 18 victims 9 deaths including suspect, 9 injured Fired police officer Rolando Mendoza had a grudge because he believed he had been unfairly dismissed. He hijacked a bus filled mostly with tourists from China, armed with a M-16 rifle and handgun. In a standoff with a police SWAT team which was widely viewed as "bungled" of 25 on the bus, 9 were killed including the gunman and 9 were wounded. Considered to be a lone wolf attack of a disgruntled former employee rather than a domestic terrorist.
Similar: February 3-12 2013: Christopher Jordan Dorner a former LAPD police officer was charged in connection with a series of shooting attacks on police officers and their families from February 3–12, 2013. The attacks left four people dead, including three police officers, and left three police officers wounded. Two women were wounded when they were shot in a vehicle mistaken for the suspect. Dorner was the subject of one of the largest manhunts in LAPD history, spanning two U.S. states and Mexico. Feb 12, Dorner died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, during a stand-off with police at a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains. The LAPD declared Dorner to be a "domestic terrorist".
Notes:
- August 23, 2010
- Killed 8
- Former police officer
- Rolando Mendoza
- felt he was unfairly fired
- M-16 automatic military assault rifle
- handgun (armed like terrorist commando)
- Mostly chinese tourists as passengers (like MH370)
- SWAT team called in
- six surviving hostages, 2 died
- suspect was assigned to the Autonomous region of the muslim Mindanao (which has no bearing on a possible motive) located on Mindanao Island which is the site of many Islamist terror attacks
Similar: April 20, 2000 4 are wounded in a bus explosion on Mindanao. It was blamed on muslim rebels or an extortion gang. The explosion blew out windows in the rear corner of the bus
*Reference
Manila hostage crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_hostage_crisis
| Manila hostage crisis | |
|---|---|
The bus where the hostages were held captive.
| |
| Location | Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14.58104°N 120.974922°E |
| Date | Monday, August 23, 2010 10:00-21:00 (UTC+08:00) |
| Target | Hong Kong tourists on board a bus |
Attack type
| Hostage crisis, siege, mass murder |
| Weapon(s) | |
| Deaths | 9 (including the perpetrator)[1][2] |
Non-fatal injuries
| 9 (7 hostages and 2 bystanders) |
| Perpetrator | Rolando Mendoza[2] |
he Manila hostage crisis, officially known as theRizal Park hostage-taking incident,[3] occurred when a disgruntled former Philippine National Policeofficer 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 whisked 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 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 affair.[12]
*Sources:
Philippine police admit to botching hostage crisis | Reuters
www.reuters.com/.../2010/.../us-philippines-hostage-idUSTRE67...
Reuters
www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/.../philippines.bus.hostages...
CNN
Philippines police: Authorities botched hostage rescue ...
www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/.../philippines.bus.hostages...
CNN
Hong Kong, Philippines resolve bus hostage crisis as families
www.scmp.com/.../hong-kong-and-philippines-finally-resolve-manila-bu...
Philippines Won't Apologize to Hong Kong Over Hostage ...
online.wsj.com/.../SB1000142405270230374360...
The Wall Street Journal
Manila bus hostage-taking ends with 9 dead - World - CBC ...
www.cbc.ca/.../manila-bus-hostage-taking-ends-with-9-dead-1.88...
CBC.ca
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