An ex-policeman armed with an automatic rifle has taken hostage a bus with 24 mostly Hong Kong tourists in the Philippine capital Manila. Nine were released and the gunman demanded to be reinstated before freeing the rest. He let go of two women, three children, a diabetic man and three Filipinos. Apart from demanding his reinstatement, the hostage-taker, identified as former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza also wanted to talk to the Philippine media and asked that his son, also a policeman, be brought to him.
