Policemen and security guards sealed the entrances of the V-Mall during a shooting and hostage-taking incident in San Juan City, Metro Manila, the Philippines on March 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
The gunman, an ex-security guard of the V-Mall in the San Juan City of Metro Manila, released all the hostages, exited the building and surrendered to the policemen at around 8:18 p.m. local time (1218 GMT).
MANILA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine police ended a 10-hour hostage incident in Metro Manila on Monday, convincing the gunman to free all the hostages and surrender himself to the authorities.
The hostage-taker identified as Archie Paray, an ex-security guard of the V-Mall in the San Juan City of Metro Manila, exited the building and surrendered to the policemen at around 8:18 p.m. local time (1218 GMT).
Members of the Special Weapons and Tactics of the Philippine National Police (PNP-SWAT) surrounded and entered the V-Mall as they responded to a hostage-taking and shooting incident in San Juan City, Metro Manila, the Philippines on March 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
The gunman released all hostages before he left the mall and agreed to leave his pistol and grenades in the shopping mall.
Paray entered the mall at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), shot a mall guard and took around 30 people as hostages. ■
