Credit: MaethanimCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenRizal Park, Manila, Philippines · 2010
On August 23, 2010, former police officer Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus in Rizal Park, Manila, holding 25 people hostage. After a ten-hour standoff broadcast live worldwide, negotiations collapsed and Mendoza killed eight hostages before police stormed the bus and fatally shot him.
Credit: Eugene Alvin Villar (seav)CC BY-SA 3.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenQuiapo, Manila, Philippines · 2017
A series of three bombings struck the Quiapo district of Manila between April 28 and May 6, 2017, killing two people and injuring at least 18 others, with authorities attributing the attacks to a local gang dispute rather than terrorism despite an ISIS claim of responsibility.
UNSOLVEDListenPlaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila, Philippines · 1971
On August 21, 1971, grenades were thrown at a Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, killing nine people and injuring 95, including numerous senators and other politicians on stage.
The files run from 1971 to 2020. The 2010s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is Plaza Miranda bombing, from 1971.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (2), kidnapping and abduction cases (1) and mass shooting cases (1).
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5. By status: 2 unsolved, 2 ongoing and 1 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Plaza Miranda bombing, from 1971. Open the file
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