The Truths Behind the Quirino Grandstand Hostage Taking

According to the news, the SWAT Team trained first on how they will execute the assault on the bus. IN the training, they were able to break the door and window of the bus and they easily pinpointed the hostage taker. When the real assault that night was commenced, they followed what they trained a while ago. Their positions where perfect and they were able to go near the bus immediately. With their sledgehammer and axe, they tried to break the window and the door. The thing they didn't expect is that the window and the door are made of fiber glass so it made their job difficult until the hostage taker fired the unit in front of the bus and they were not expecting it from the suspect. The lack of tools to break the door and window. They attempted to throw tear gas inside the bus but they don't have any gas mask and night vision goggle to infiltrate the bus easily. Also, as you everyone knows, there was a police, who was later named as Yabut, went near the bus without wearing any vest and helmet to protect himself. The SWAT suffered different criticism from different social networking sites. The name of SWAT itself was renamed as "Sayang Wala Akong Training", Sugod Wait Atras Tago" and etc.

The other factor that hindered the success of the negotiation was the person whom Mendoza was talking in his cellular phone. This man was the one responsible for telling Mendoza to open the television in order to watch what the police are doing to his brother.

After the said bloodbath, PNP Director Jesus Versoza ordered the relieve from position of the ground commander Gen. Magpantay.

Quirino Grandstand Hostage Taking

I was going home after a hell day in the school. I was down since I was not confident to pass both of my exams on that day. I thought of surfing the net for a while to ease myself from the stress and the bad mood. Before I can even take a seat in front of the computer, the live footage of a hostage taking in Quirino Grandstand caught my attention. I did not know the whole story why there was a hostage taking but deep inside I know that there will be something bad that will happen.

The more I watch the live airing of TV Patrol of the hostage taking the more I cope up with the whole story until I learned that the hostage taker was Captain Rolando Mendoza and the guy being held by the police near the area of hostage taking was his brother. After a several minutes, the hostage taker fired his gun and that alarmed the police. The driver of the bus at that time was trying to escape and after a few minutes the driver jumped off the bus through the window and ran as fast as he can. He then told the media that all the people in the bus were dead. This triggered the police to assault the bus in order to rescue the hostages. But the assault on the bus resulted in a more tragic event. The police tried to open the door of the bus by smashing it with axe and sledgehammer. First, there was no response inside the bus so they continued on ransacking the door but after a while Mendoza fired at the police and the operation was interfered. This made it difficult for the police to infiltrate the bus. There have been gun fight in the scene until the police finally infiltrated the bus.


There were still survivors in the bus and they jumped off the bus quickly as soon as the rescuers entered the bus. The police confirmed the dead body of dismissed Mendoza and two other dead bodies inside the bus. There was also a bystander, 10 yrs old boy who was hit by a bullet and he was immediately brought to the hospital. After this bloodbath in Quirino the whole world has witnessed another killings in the country that sent shivers to spine of all viewers.