Gunmen stop bus, kill 4

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ST, 26 Aug 2010

MANILA (Philippines) - GUNMEN wearing police uniforms stopped a passenger bus in the southern Philippines early on Thursday and fatally shot four people, including two police marshals, officials said.

The attack came just three days after a disgruntled ex-policeman took hostage a busload of Hong Kong tourists in Manila, killing eight of them before he was shot dead by a police sniper.

Police said the bus attacked on Thursday was travelling from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga city in the southern Philippines - where Muslim rebels and criminal gangs operate - when it was flagged down at a road checkpoint by gunmen in police uniforms.

They ordered the passengers to get off and then fatally shot four people, including two uniformed police marshals, said Orlando Vinas, the Lanao del Norte provincial police chief.

Chief Vinas said the marshals were deployed on regional buses plying the same highway after gunmen early this month held up a bus to extort money from passengers.

Highway robberies are common in the country's south, where the proliferation of illegal firearms and weak law enforcement have fuelled the Muslim separatist insurgency and instability for decades. -- AP

another shooting incident in philippines

ditzy SG

Its ok if they shoot their own.

BadzMaro SG

Should go Phillipines and start an Armoured Bus service.

For just an extra dollar.. and u get to sit in this fully fortified armoured bus. Comes with gunner on the top with a .50 Calibre.

Is your life worth that extra 1 dollar ? Be Smart ! Take.. Armor Bus!

*ads run with beautiful people, young and old happily boarding the bus while going past suspecting indibiduals standing on the roadside* *camera then pans away... to the scenery of Phillipines and a Happy Family Reunion in the end*

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Phantomnite SG

That one is internal problem. . .

mrwonderful SG

looks like the marshalls are useless. just like the rest of the police force. i like the consistency.

Mountain Dew SG

Are they terrorists?

_Da_Dood_ SG

Are they terrorists?

nope...they have too much ego...just like in game..they see u noob, they pk u for no reason then laugh

QX179R SG

continue in existing thread..

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