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Police surround hostage bus after firing shots (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

A hostage walks away from the bus after being released during the hostage taking at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. Two foreign tourists have been released from the bus being held by a heavily armed former policeman in central Manila, officials said on Monday. Radio station DZMM radio station said 25 foreign tourists, including some children, and three Filipinos were on the bus when the heavily-armed man boarded it in downtown Manila. REUTERS/ Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Philippine police in hemlets and flak jackets have crouched beside the bus after firing shots at the tires in a bid to end a daylong hostage standoff involving 15 Chinese tourists.


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