Philippines president pledges Manila bus siege inquiry
The Philippines will hold a "thorough investigation" into how eight Hong Kong tourists were killed while they were being held hostage on a bus in Manila, President Benigno Aquino says.
Survivors and experts have nz shox criticised the police for being indecisive and slow in their handling of the crisis.
Thday-long siege ended when police marksmen shot and killed the gunman, who was a disgruntled ex-policeman.
In the last hour of the siege, police failed in an attempt to board the bus.
Rising anger
They were forced back by gunfire from the inside of the vehicle.
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In pictures: Philippines bus siege Almost one hour later, they managed to get on board the bus. By that time, the gunman had been killed along with eight of the 15 passengers.
"We want a thorough investigation of everything that transpired," Mr Aquino told a news conference.
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He defended the actions of the police at the scene, saying the gunman, identified as 55-year-old former senior inspector Rolando Mendoza, had not shown any sign of wanting to kill the hostages.
But when asked if he was entirely satisfied with the police, he said: "How can you be satisfied if there were some people who were killed?"
His comments chaussures femmes came amid rising anger at the handling of the crisis.
'Visibly lacked...competence'
One of the survivors, who identified herself only as Mrs Leung, told reporters: "Why was there no one to help us after so nike tn many hours?"
She said her husband had been killed trying to stop the gunman from shooting other passengers.
"I miss him. I actually really wanted to die with him. But I think of my children," she said.
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Rolando Mendoza: Hostage taker
Joined Manila police nike rift force in 1981 Promoted to head of Mobile Police Unit, and became senior inspector in 2005 Accused of trying to extort money from a chef in 2008 Dismissed from the police force in January 2010 Hong Kong's leader Donald Tsang also chaussure nike shox criticised the way the siege was dealt with.
And ecurity analysts questioned whether the police were trained to handle such a situations.
Frederic Gallois, who once commanded France's elite hostage rescue unit, told the AFP news agency that the police operation was air max nike "badly prepared and risky".
Mr Gallois said the officers involved "visibly lacked adequate equipment and tactical competence". SMJ
