Hostage-taker: Former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, stands at the entrance
of the bus earlier in the siege.

An ex-policeman who hijacked a tourist bus (inside the bus) speaking
with negotiators at the front of the bus in Manila.
(Ted Aljibe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Released: Four hostages - a mother and three children - are escorted from the bus after being freed.

Former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza

A demand was posted by the hostage taker on the bus window.
(Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Demands: A list of the gunman's grudges against the Manila police department are taped to the windscreen.

Policemen smashed windows and stormed the bus.
(Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency)

Policemen checks the body of the hostage-taker on the shattered door of the hijacked bus in Manila,
the Philippines, Aug. 23, 2010.

A hostage is rushed from the scene of the incident in Manila to hospital.