00:00A man was arrested in Taytay, Rizal after his own son was hostaged.
00:07This is the center of the news of Vel Custodio.
00:12The video shows the hostage being a 3-year-old boy
00:16in C6 Road, Barangay Santa Ana, Taytay, Rizal around 7 p.m.
00:21According to the first investigation by the police,
00:24the suspect, a 30-year-old boy, was hostaged by his 13-year-old stepdaughter.
00:54His behavior was triggered and his biological son, the boy, was rescued and was hostaged on C6 Highway.
01:09Taytay Police Task Force multipliers and barangay personnel negotiated for a few minutes.
01:15What I saw earlier was a bit dangerous because his leg was stabbed.
01:26The hostage was rescued and the victim was saved.
01:32The crowd control, because there were a lot of people earlier and the traffic management,
01:40based on my situation earlier, I checked that he won't hurt his son because he's his son.
01:50That's where I focused on the emotion of our hostage taker.
01:57Our priority there is the safety of the hostage and of course, the hostage.
02:08The suspect is in the custody of the PNP,
02:10facing several serious cases of illegal detention and alarms and scandals under the revised penal code
02:17and illegal possession of deadly weapons.
02:19The police is still investigating the incident, including the case of rape.
02:24Vel Custodio for Pambalisang TV in Bagong, Philippines.