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Police respond to reported mass hostage-taking at Manila mall
MANILA, March 2, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Heavily armed police were deployed at a
mall in the Philippine capital Manila on Monday after reports that a
disgruntled employee was holding a group of people hostage, an AFP journalist
saw.
The mayor of a section of Manila had earlier told journalists that a
security guard was holding up to 30 people in an administrative office and
had shot at least one person.
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