Hostage situation already over!

Honestly sweetie, i am not impressed at all. We have been hearing this the whole morning. What the hell is wrong with those people? TATA.

This is a real disaster. Today my colleagues are talking about this issue. We think the rescue is totally a failure. We don't understand what's wrong with the rescue team. At the beginning the hijack person still had a peaceful attitude, and actually his requirement was not that much. What's wrong with the negotiation? This person was not asking for millions of dollars. He just wanted to be back to work. And at the end the situation was out of control. The negotiation and the rescue are fatal failing. As to the hostage taker, now I wonder whether he is innocent. He did this because he had unfair judgment. He used the mistake to correct another mistake. At first his purpose was not to kill the innocent people. If he wanted, he could have killed more. In brief, this situation could solve better. I just don't understand why it will have an ending like this.

It was a tragic event which made our headlines today. Although this was an isolated event sparked off by the anger of a senior police officer angry at the organization for dismissing him from work, it seems that there were other kidnapping events around, all targetted by tourists or foreigners. Also, HK has cancelled all booked trips to the country. This is going to have a large impact on the tourism trade.

It's really tragic that it has to end violently. I know a lot of people worked hard to bring this situation to a peaceful and safe end for everybody, especially the hostages. But things went wrong and I think the problem is the lack of hostage management skills by police personnel involved. The could have stalled Mendoza and tell him some soft lies and make him believe that the authority was working on his demands. At this point, they could fool him into going to the door...Where a designated sniper will finish will off with a single shot to the head. It would have been a better conclusion. I hope this will be a practical lesson for the police when dealing with same situation next time.

There is selective news black out ... this hostage drama is being viewed in the international community... I don't know what will happen to our trip advisory tomorrow?

Yes it's over, so as the lives of the other tourists..and even the hostage-taker. I've heard from the news and some of their descriptions about the victims are: " blooded, and soaking in blood, one was reported to have been slashed on the neck, others unconscious and injured, but aren't sure if they're to live". I sympathize for what happened to them.. And in the back of my mind, I was thanking the Lord that I, nor my husband, or my child, not even my loved ones were not the ones who were put into a situation like that. It makes me realize the worth of our lives.. The hostage situation may have ended, but the struggle of our country is just starting to happen.. Let's all expect negative effects to our country because of this incident.

I have not been watching the tv news of late so I am totally out of date with the latest happenings around the globe. This incident of hostage taking have not only shame the security of the country but will also affect future tourism in the country.

Yeah, i saw that on the news as well as on yahoo.. THe drama is finally over.. Though it's 12 hours long, but it's a successful operation with the hostage taker been gunned down. What's more important is the safety of the passengers in the bus.. I wonder what makes him do that and is gunning him down the very last resort? IF so, why the need for 12 hours?

hi basqui I am glad the hostage situation is over and done with as the hostages are now taken off the bus. I hope the unconscious ones will recover quickly. I missed that so should turn on my online newspaper and catch up as I had not heard about this.

It is very good that the situation was able to come to an end, but it would be much better if there hadn't been fatalities. I completely understand the reason that the person that took the hostages had to be gunned down, but the fact that there were innocent people that lost their lives is really a distressing thought to me. I will never understand why it is that there are people that feel it is necessary to take the lives of other people.

The hostage drama was over but lasted for almost 12 hours and has a very tragic ending. Obviously there's a failure on the negotiation between the hostage taker and the policemen. They failed again to control this kind of incident which results the loss of lives of innocent people. Yes, the hostage drama was over, but it's effect on our tourism has just began.