The Manila Hostage Crisis, also known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident, has lasted nine hours on August 23, 2010. From morning to night, it had the attention of nearly every watchful eye that day. The perpetrator was Rolando Mendoza, a 55 ex-officer at the time, whose only demand was for him to have a fair hearing to defend himself. Mendoza was apparently unfairly dismissed from his job as a policeman—an exemplary police officer, to be exact. For nearly 30 years, he climbed through the

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The Manila Hostage Crisis happened on August 23, 2010, at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines, when former police officer Rolando Mendoza hijacked a Hong Thai tourist bus with 25 Hong Kong tourists to demand his reinstatement. After hours of failed negotiations, Mendoza began sh*oting the hostages, prompting police to launch a rescue operation that ended with 8 h*stages d*ad and several injured. Mendoza was k*lled by authorities during the assault. The tragedy drew international criticism for the