Philippines Bus Hostage

Philippine police shot and killed a man who took a fellow bus passenger hostage in central Manila Today, authorities said.

The Philippine justice chief said on Thursday she'll recommend criminal and administrative charges against about 10 officials, police officers and journalists over last month's killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in a botched hostage rescue that outraged China. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the identities of those to be charged, details...

An injured survivor of the Philippines bus hostage drama in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed returned to the territory on Thursday to continue medical treatment.Jason Leung, identified by Canadian media as a Canadian citizen, had been hospitalised in Manila after surgery on a head wound.He was taken by ambulance to Manila airport on Thurs...

A day after the Philippines bus hijacking crisis killed eight people, all Chinese tourists from Hong Kong, China has demanded a probe into the incident.Meanwhile, Philippines' National Police Director General called for a thorough investigation into the incident after his men faced flak for their response to the hostage drama. In Hong Kong a "black...

An angry ex-policeman hijacked a bus full of Hong Kong tourists in the Philippine capital, holding them for 12 hours, before a police raid that ended with eight hostages and the gunman dead.Local hospitals reported eight bodies of hostages were brought in, and police said the gunman himself had been shot dead by a marksman taking part in the police...

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 took positions around the white-bl...

Philippine police shot and killed a man who took a fellow bus passenger hostage in central Manila Today, authorities said.

The Philippine justice chief said on Thursday she'll recommend criminal and administrative charges against about 10 officials, police officers and journalists over last month's killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in a botched hostage rescue that outraged China. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the identities of those to be charged, details...

An injured survivor of the Philippines bus hostage drama in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed returned to the territory on Thursday to continue medical treatment.Jason Leung, identified by Canadian media as a Canadian citizen, had been hospitalised in Manila after surgery on a head wound.He was taken by ambulance to Manila airport on Thurs...

A day after the Philippines bus hijacking crisis killed eight people, all Chinese tourists from Hong Kong, China has demanded a probe into the incident.Meanwhile, Philippines' National Police Director General called for a thorough investigation into the incident after his men faced flak for their response to the hostage drama. In Hong Kong a "black...

An angry ex-policeman hijacked a bus full of Hong Kong tourists in the Philippine capital, holding them for 12 hours, before a police raid that ended with eight hostages and the gunman dead.Local hospitals reported eight bodies of hostages were brought in, and police said the gunman himself had been shot dead by a marksman taking part in the police...

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 took positions around the white-bl...