A 12-hour hostage drama aboard a bus ends in bloodshed when an angry ex-policeman demanding his job back guns down eight Hong Kong tourists before a sniper killed him.

MANILA, Philippines — A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed today, with officials saying at least seven Chinese tourists were dead along with the ...

Philippine police admitted they mishandled the Manila hostage crisis that resulted in eight tourists dying. ... Police believe the hostage-taker was monitoring TV coverage from inside the bus, ...

PICTURES: Philippines Bus Hijacking. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening when the Mendoza started shooting at the 15 Chinese tourists inside, said police Senior Superintendent Nelson ...

Jim Gomez, Associated Press writer MANILA, Philippines — A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday, with officials saying at least seven Chinese tourists ...

Police Surround Hijacked Bus In Philippines. August 23, 2010 8:17 AM ET. ... An armed former Filipino police officer is holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage inside a bus in Manila.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A 12-hour hostage drama aboard a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday when an angry ex-policeman demanding his job back gunned down eight Hong Kong ...

A passenger bus carrying 47 passengers plunged into a 100-foot ravine while zigzagging the mountainous highway of Benguet province in northern Philippines Wednesday, killing 41 people.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A passenger bus careened off a winding dirt road and hurtled down a ravine south of the Philippine capital, killing 19 people, police said Wednesday. The crash Tues… ...

MANILA, Philippines — A 12-hour hostage drama aboard a Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday, with at least seven Chinese tourists dead along with the disgruntled ex-policeman who hijacked the ...

There were indications that Mr. Mendoza, who news reports said was armed with an M-16 assault rifle, was watching the live news broadcasts of the scene on a monitor inside the bus as it sat for ...

(Adds details, quotes, revises death toll) MANILA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A powerful blast ripped through a bus at a terminal in the troubled southern Philippines on Monday, killing four people and ...