The Philippine television is aired live the hot pursuit operation of the bus hostage taker where SWAT member is currently on their way working to penetrate the position of Rolando Mendoza. Authorities are now taking advantage of the situation, opening the front door of the vehicle to unveil what's inside but they are carefully moving around to assure their safety from the gunman within.
Recently, the bus driver has been released by the hostage taker where he suddenly run out of the bus. According to him, the hostage are all dead already as noted by ABS-CBN report. But recently, there are several shots heard from the truck denoting that the suspect is still alive. Although for now, most of us are following the current live coverage straight from the scene.