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2003-10-07 Southeast Asia

Four dead after hostage crisis in Philippines

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-10-07 01:11|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Learning prisoner handling procedures the hard way...

Posted by PBMcL 2003-10-7 1:31:57 AM|| 2003-10-7 1:31:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Details: National police chief Hermogenes Ebdane swiftly ordered the relief of Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte, chief of the division where the hostage-taking occurred. Asked by reporters about the handling of the incident, a visibly irritated Ebdane retorted, "this isn't like a movie."
He said Bungkak and several other detainees had been let out of the prison building without handcuffs for an early morning walk outside because that "is one of the privileges supposed to be afforded to any detainee." Bungkak then allegedly grabbed an M-16 rifle and a pistol from one of the jail guards and took cover in another building in the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group compound. Elite Special Action Force members, garbed in black and carrying a battering ram, surrounded the building.
Tear gas was fired before the building was stormed. A police hostage was shot in the head while two of the officers who came to his aid were also killed as they stormed the building where Abu Sayyaf member Buyungan Bungkak was holed up, police spokesmen said. Three other policemen were also wounded in the firefight on Camp Crame, which ended when the detainee was cornered and shot dead in a bathroom, said police chief investigator Eduardo Matillano. In response to the fiasco, Arroyo ordered the government to speed up the construction of a maximum security jail in the police headquarters that was begun after al-Ghozi's escape.

I'd begin the investigation with the guard who let his rifle and pistol be "grabbed".

Posted by Steve 2003-10-7 9:20:10 AM|| 2003-10-7 9:20:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 ...an early morning walk outside because that "is one of the privileges supposed to be afforded to any detainee."

Sounds like a privilege which needs to be revoked for high-security risk prisoners don't you think?

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-10-7 11:44:04 AM|| 2003-10-7 11:44:04 AM|| Front Page Top

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