The tour guide is the first one to call and break the news about the kidnapping, within a minute something went wrong.

I can't really see what the company can do, this time it is 100% the cops' fault, I mean, the vid speaks for itself.

what the fuck kinda reasoning is that?? i think temporarily censoring news is justified when peoples lives are at stake....

fuck RIP

That's just horrible! RIP...

pls dont tell me the deaths occurred when the police entered the bus near the end

I still don't understand why are they molesting the bus instead of sniping or charge in... What's the point in hammering and breaking the windows? hostages may well be sitting that the window seats that when they throw in the hammers, the shattered glass may deal significant damage along with possibility of injuring or killing hostages by the hammer.

Really, when in a hostage event, you hear gun shots from within, that's already the worst case scenario, if they charge in, at least the suspect may most likely shoot at the attackers, which have bullet proof vests instead of what happened here, murdering innocent civilians. There should be more lighting to at least see through the curtains with shadows or light in front the the bus to see the suspect, and proceed to have sniper in front by the light that the suspect will be hard to notice the sniper.

RIP for the tragic ending.

He was shooting them before some people even escaped. When the driver was let go, he said he thought all the passengers were dead already

if you look at part 4, the cops threw in some yellowish gas. i hope that didn't trigger the gunman to go crazy and spray the hostages.

ohly fuck, a 21 yo girl and 14 yo girl got killed! :(

http://www.chinanews.com.cn/tp/hd/20...0823210218.jpg

the body to the right is apparently the tour guide.

I still don't understand why the driver said everyone got killed.

I can imagine everyone was playing dead at least, once shots were fired

Probably some of them pretend to be dead. I cannot imagine the horror inside, hiding next to a dead body, wondering when you're next to go. RIP. :(

Absolutely brutal, RIP.

Here might be the answer:

在事件中獲救的團員梁太，丈夫遇害。她說，丈夫從旅遊巴的後排衝上前，阻止槍手殺人而犧牲，而特警營救時， 不斷聽到槍聲，子彈更射到她的座位，她不滿菲律賓警方營救行動遲緩。在事件中首名獲釋的本港女導遊，則形容 自己執回一命。

Translation:

- Mrs. Leung got rescued while her husband was killed
- When the hostages were forced to the back of the bus, her husband ran up and blocked the bullets as the gunman sprays
- However, at the same time, the SWAT team keep on shooting at the bus. The bullets even hit her seat.
- Mrs. Leung is not pleased with the flip SWAT team because they were being too slow

Source: http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100823/18/jufu.html

AppleDaily's whacky animated video is up. It looks like they are saying he flipped out after seeing his brother arrested on the news. I've never been on a bus that shows live TV...

so... the row of gun shots near the front row is by the gunman? it's getting sad looking at more of the live videos. fuck.

Fcking brutal in Phillipines. . . . soo many kidnapping scandals. Government there is corrupt to the max.

Vietnam has bad corruption too, although not as bad as phillipines. cops would come around every month to collect "tax".

wait... i don't get the 2 dozen bullet roles that riddled thru the windows near the end of the video. was this by the gunman or sniper? if it's the gunman, is it where he killed the 7 hostages? or was this after?

I agree this is sad, but really think of it from the police and SWAT's perspective.
I hear people saying why don't you just snipe. Do you know how much decision making and red tape you have to go through?

Negotiator to his boss who's analyzing the situation, then to police and multiple commander in chief (SWAT, police, negotiation specialist) AND then you probably have to go through the president of Philippines.

Decisions are made ONLY at the very last moment when negotiation FAILS with a point of no return would there be an order to kill. That takes another good hour until that passes down million of levels until it reaches to the sniper and his "partner".

Then you'll have to do the math and consider the muzzle velocity on the equipment you have, the level of accuracy, the sub-MOA (Minute Of Angle)accuracy, rifle twist ratios and eg// bullets between 40 and 65 grains you have to compensate the tumble after penetrating a target.

We have to keep in mind these are REAL bullets we are talking about, this is not COD MW2. Stop flaming... and just be thankful.

To put this into perspective, imagine you're playing paintball and you tell me if you're really going to be Rambo and just rush in. These are real lives and not where you can insert more coins and continue.

This ain't CS 1.6 buddy, flashbangs are deadly and don't mysteriously go away after a couple seconds.

Horrible news, at least some people walked out free.

RIP

shit ..

RIP

this has gotta be the best idea.....

i mean not so much as to give his job back but give him an offer to re-establish his pension and clear his name of the extortion... but he will still need to goto jail for the hostages...

thats a believable compromise.... then when he comes out, shoot his ass...

^ lol but you have to think about how much shit people would give the government for lying like that. + future hostage situations wouldn't work at all because there's no trust anymore..

Different angle, sniper firing multiple rounds:

How many shots did the "sniper" need to take for him to take down one guy? Sounded like he just barraged the whole bus with gunfire. fuck

JUST BE THANKFUL????? For what?

A bunch of gung ho farmers playing SWAT, with a 50% hostage lives recovery rate?

It took them 45 min trying to get into the bus, and they still failed using farmer tools a hammer and an axe. Go see what the SWAT teams around the world are using to breach a bus.

IT WAS A FAILURE.

The only thing I'm THANKFUL for is it was a bus, and not a 747. Fuck.