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Last Updated: Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 02:42 GMT 03:42 UK
"Gunmen seize bus in Philippines"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "At least two armed men have taken 32 children and two teachers hostage on a bus near the centre of the Philippines capital Manila, police say."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "They wrote that they possessed an Uzi assault rifle, a revolver and two grenades, and that they were demanding free housing and education for an unspecified group of children."
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"Metro (as of 10:40 AM)"
(2nd UPDATE) Three men take daycare pupils hostage
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Three men armed with machine guns and a grenade have taken hostage 32 schoolchildren on board a bus in front of Bonifacio Shrine in Lawton, Manila Wednesday morning.
Deogracias Bugarin, who said he was the driver of the bus taken over by the hostage-takers, told DZMM that the three men are armed with machine guns.
Bugarin added that the children, students of Musmos Day Care, called the hostage-takers "sirs," which indicates that they might be teachers of the day care center. Two teachers are also inside the bus.
He said the three men were already inside the bus, owned by Philippine Trans Corp., when they left Baseco Compound in Parola, Tondo district in Manila.
He said that before reaching Bonifacio Shrine, they went somewhere in Macapagal Avenue to get food and he was told to go to the Manila City Hall where they will fetch two councilors.
"I was told to alight the bus after parking here," Bugarin said who was still at the Lawton area when interviewed by DZMM.
Bugarin added that they were out for a field trip to Tagaytay City."