Mayhem in Manila: 9 people killed on hijacked tourist bus

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

MANILA, Philippines -- It looked like a hostage rescue in slow motion: Police creeping up on the bus with sledgehammers and smashing first one window, then another, then trying and failing to rip open the door.

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