Hostage negotiators, left and right, talk to foreign tourists taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza after securing their release at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized a bus, background, in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza stands by the entrance of a tourist bus as one of the 25 hostages peers from a window at left during a standoff at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo)
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Hostage negotiators, left and fourth from left, talk to foreign tourists taken hostage by former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza after securing their release at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, in the Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Hostage negotiators talk to foreign tourists taken hostage by former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza after securing their release at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, in the Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza stands by the entrance of a tourist bus as negotiators talk to him during a standoff at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A tourist bus with some 25 people on board sits parked in front of the Quirino Grandstand during a hostage standoff at Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Senior Police Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A foreign tourist taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, unseen, waves as he peers from a window of a tourist bus while a negotiator prepares to communicate with the hostage-taker at Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A foreign tourist taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, unseen, peers from a window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza talks to a hostage negotiator, in orange, during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza talks to a hostage negotiator, in orange, during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A hostage peers from the window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists, in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A negotiator brings food to the hostages during a standoff at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists, in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Hostage taker Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza peers from the window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Hostages peer from the window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A negotiator, in orange, approaches a tourist bus where former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza has taken hostage foreign tourists at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza stands by the entrance of a tourist bus as negotiators talk to him during a standoff at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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MANILA, Philippines —
A dramatic hostage-taking in the Philippines capital ended with six bus passengers dead Monday after shots rang out and police stormed the vehicle.
The hostage-taker also died, police said.
Five hostages were brought to the Manila Hospital, two of them dead on arrival and three alive without injuries.
The Manila Doctors Hospital reported it received four dead and one woman in critical condition.
The incident started when a dismissed policeman armed with a M16 rifle seized the busload of Hong Kong tourists to demand his reinstatement in the force.
Police officer Roderick Mariano cited the Filipino driver who escaped moments before police surrounded the bus as saying the hostage-taker, identified as former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, 55, opened fire at the tourists.
The gunman earlier released nine hostages - leaving 15 inside - and demanded his job back to free the rest.
