00:00The reason why two women and one man were hostaged in Manila was due to a late salary.
00:05After an hour of negotiation, the two men were arrested and executed.
00:12JT Soriano has the report.
00:17Last afternoon at 3 p.m., this part of Rizal and Recto Avenue in Manila was bombed.
00:25Two women were hostaged by one man.
00:30According to one of the victims, the suspect is one of the fixers in Recto that suddenly entered their printing shop.
00:37A lot of police chased him. He had no choice. He suddenly entered here.
00:43We were shocked, sir. We can't believe it.
00:46According to the police, he was pointing a knife at the owner of the shop and brought it to the back of the store.
00:53He was already using his car like that.
00:58When we talked to him about the problem, I found out that he was not being paid by his employer.
01:05So it is a financial problem.
01:08Before being hostaged, the police chased him because of the case of robbery.
01:13The negotiation lasted more than an hour.
01:17We immediately sent our personnel to clear the area.
01:21It is very distracting when there are a lot of people.
01:25First of all, he can't listen to the radio, he can't watch TV.
01:30At the same time, the communication is only with the negotiator.
01:33The suspect asked for his employer to give him a late salary and to see his mother.
01:39According to the authorities, the negotiation was successfully completed and the suspect was brought to MPD Station 3.
01:47I gave the money to his parents.
01:51I told him to hang on to me, nothing will happen to you.
01:55He paid 20,000 pesos.
01:57He pointed a knife at the shop and that's it.
02:01Nothing happened.
02:04I didn't plan to be a hostage.
02:07I just ran to the neighbors.
02:11That's why I went to the rectory.
02:14So that I can get my salary.
02:16My salary for three days that they don't want to give me.
02:19The suspect is facing allegations of illegal detention,
02:22alarmant scandal, and illegal possession of deadly weapon.
02:26J.P. Soriano, reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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