Former police officer Rolando Mendoza, who took a tourist bus hostage, looks through the window of the vehicle in Manila August 23, 2010. Police shot dead Mendoza as they stormed the bus on which he was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in downturn Manila on Monday, and China said seven hostages were killed. Rolando Mendoza, 55, was honoured by police chiefs in 1986 as one of the top 10 officers in the country. But he was discharged in 2008 for his alleged involvement in drug-related crime
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[image]Rolando Mendoza hostage picture