Manila Hostage Crisis 2010 The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident, occurred when a dismissed Philippine National Police officer took over a tourist bus in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines on August 23, 2010. Disgruntled former senior inspector Rolando Mendoza of the Manila Police District (MPD) hijacked a tourist bus carrying 25 people (20 tourists and a tour guide from Hong Kong, and four Filipinos) in an attempt to get his job back. He said that he

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