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Also officially known as the Rizal Park Hostage-Taking incident, Manila bus hostage crisis occurred when a discontented and a former Philippine police officer named Rolando Mendoza high jacked a tourist bus in Rizal Park, Manila Philippine on August 23, 2010. The bus carried 25 people, 20 of who were tourists, a tour guide from Hong Kong and four local Filipinos. Mendoza claimed that he had been unfairly dismissed from his duties and demanded a fair hearing to defend himself