UPDATE: Dozens injured in Resorts World shooting

[brooklynite]

Source: Manila Times

Dozens of people were reported injured in a shooting incident at Resorts World Manila shortly after midnight Thursday.

A personnel of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said at least 25 people were injured and were taken to various hospitals.

Fernando Atienza, team leader of the emergency response unit of the Pasay City chapter of the Philippine Red Cross, said many victims were still trapped inside. Some of them suffered serious injuries because they jumped from the second floor of the hotel.

Atienza said the victims were rushed to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pasay City and St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City.

Read more: http://www.manilatimes.net/dozens-injured-resorts-world-shooting/330570/

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This is about a mile from where I grew up...

[link:https://www.facebook.com/april.rafales/videos/10209908925661350/Video of gunfire]

[Stuart G]

1. Could be very bad..hope it isn't...

[RandySF]

2. My wife is in Manila at this very moment.

I'm sure she's fine but wonder if it might affect her flight home.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Meanwhile, they are calling in air strikes against the terrorists occupying part of a city

and killing their own troops in 'friendly fire' mistakes:

"At least 10 Philippine troops have been killed by air strikes aimed at taking out Islamist militants who are battling soldiers in the southern city of Marawi, the defence secretary said on Thursday.

“A group of our military armed men were hit by our own airstrikes. Ten killed,” defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana told reporters in Manila, adding that his forces had been up against 500 extremists who had a “big plan” to occupy Marawi.

He said 89 militants had been killed in the clashes, including foreign fighters from Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Chechnya.

Security forces have been battling militants flying the black flags of the Islamic State (IS) group in Marawi, a Muslim city in the predominantly Catholic Philippines."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/ten-philippine-troops-killed-by-friendly-fire-in-battle-with-islamists

[Warpy]

4. Nothing on CNN Philippines

but fluff at this point. I guess everybody is asleep.

BBC has a very short article on it.

[Eugene]

5. reports of at least one masked gunman, several wounded

From Rappler: Several wounded after gunshots heard, fire breaks at Resorts World Manila

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Source: BBC

Resorts World Manila: Shooting at Philippines leisure complex

1 June 2017 Asia

A tourist complex in the Philippines is on lockdown after explosions were heard and at least one gunman opened fire.

Police and Swat teams were deployed to Resorts World Manila shortly after midnight local time (16:00 GMT).

Staff at one hotel told CNN Philippines a masked gunman was on the second floor firing at guests, and TV footage showed people running from the building.

The Philippines Fire Protection Bureau confirmed reports of a fire on the same floor.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40123389

[Eugene]

6. Update from NBC: It appears to be a robbery. Nobody shot.

From NBC Nightly News on air:

A gunman stole chips from the casino, set the place on fire and fired shots.
He remains at large.

P.S. The Trump Admin denounced this as a terrorist attack.
They have since corrected themselves.

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EDIT: Link from BBC...

Source: BBC

Resorts World Manila: Gunman sparks panic at Philippines hotel

1 June 2017 Asia

Police in the Philippines have taken control of a hotel and entertainment complex in Manila after it was stormed by a masked gunman.

Resorts World Manila was put on lockdown after the incident, which happened shortly after midnight local time (16:00 GMT).

Swat teams were deployed to the scene, with people fleeing the hotel in panic.

The Philippines police chief said they did not believe it was a terror attack.

Ronald dela Rosa said a lone gunman had entered the gaming area at Resorts World, fired at a television, and set some gambling tables on fire.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40123389

[Eugene]

7. Reuters: Gunman kills himself after suspected robbery in Philippines casino: police

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Thu Jun 1, 2017 | 7:58pm EDT

Gunman kills himself after suspected robbery in Philippines casino: police

By Peter Blaza and Clare Baldwin | MANILA

A gunman killed himself after bursting into a Manila casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight, Philippine police said, sowing panic in a country on high alert after martial law was declared in the south.

Police said earlier the man's motive was likely robbery and that the incident was not terror-related.

National police chief Ronald dela Rosa told DZMM radio the lone gunman had not aimed his assault rifle at people at the Resorts World Manila entertainment complex during the hours-long drama that began shortly after midnight (12.00 p.m. ET), and may have been trying to steal casino chips.

Around dawn, the body of the suspected gunman was found in a hotel room in the complex, which is close to Ninoy Aquino International Airport and an air force base.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-resort-idUSKBN18S63W

[Eugene]

8. Resorts World Manila: At least 34 bodies found at casino complex

Earlier BBC headline at link: At least 25 bodies found in Manila casino

Source: BBC

Resorts World Manila: At least 34 bodies found at casino complex

2 June 2017 Asia

Philippine authorities say at least 34 bodies have been found in a casino and hotel complex in Manila, following a shooting incident by a lone gunman.

Most of the dead appear to have suffocated from thick smoke after the man set fire to casino tables, sources local told news outlet ABS-CBN.

The gunman began shooting at TV monitors in Resorts World Manila in the early hours of Friday morning.

Police said he later killed himself by setting himself on fire.

The incident sparked a security lockdown. Authorities initially said there were no casualties, but appear to have only just found the bodies while sweeping the complex in the last few hours.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40129016

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. At least 36 dead. Could he really have killed that many from a fire he set that quickly?

The BBC report says he used gasoline to start it, but how much could he have had?