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06-03-2017, 01:45 PM
Dozens dead
MANILA: A masked gunman set fire to a gaming room at a casi** in the Philippine capital on Friday, igniting a toxic blaze that killed 37 people, authorities said.
The Islamic State group said its "fighters" carried out the attack, although Manila has repeatedly insisted the incident was **t terror related.
The dead suffocated inside one of the main ******** venues of the upscale Resorts World Manila, while dozens of other people were injured in a panicked crush to escape, police said.
The gunman committed suicide inside a hotel room by burning himself about five hours after storming the casi** with an M4 assault rifle and a bottle of petrol that he used to start the fire, police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said.
Dela Rosa and other police chiefs insisted the assailant was **t carrying out a terrorist attack, pointing out he did **t shoot anyone, and said it appeared to be a bizarre robbery attempt by a "deranged" man.
"This is **t an act of terror. There is ** element of violence, threat or intimidation that leads to terrorism," Dela Rosa told reporters.
However, 37 people died from inhaling ***** from a fire that spread quickly because of flammable carpet on the gaming room floors, local police chief Tomas Apolinario told AFP. Four of the victims were from Taiwan, according to the Taiwanese government.
The gunman initially disappeared into the chaos of ***** and running people, leading to a five-hour manhunt through the complex, which also includes a hotel and shops, according to Dela Rosa. He said the assailant, who appeared to be a foreigner because he spoke English and looked caucasian, was found just before dawn in a hotel room having committed suicide.
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MANILA: A masked gunman set fire to a gaming room at a casi** in the Philippine capital on Friday, igniting a toxic blaze that killed 37 people, authorities said.
The Islamic State group said its "fighters" carried out the attack, although Manila has repeatedly insisted the incident was **t terror related.
The dead suffocated inside one of the main ******** venues of the upscale Resorts World Manila, while dozens of other people were injured in a panicked crush to escape, police said.
The gunman committed suicide inside a hotel room by burning himself about five hours after storming the casi** with an M4 assault rifle and a bottle of petrol that he used to start the fire, police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said.
Dela Rosa and other police chiefs insisted the assailant was **t carrying out a terrorist attack, pointing out he did **t shoot anyone, and said it appeared to be a bizarre robbery attempt by a "deranged" man.
"This is **t an act of terror. There is ** element of violence, threat or intimidation that leads to terrorism," Dela Rosa told reporters.
However, 37 people died from inhaling ***** from a fire that spread quickly because of flammable carpet on the gaming room floors, local police chief Tomas Apolinario told AFP. Four of the victims were from Taiwan, according to the Taiwanese government.
The gunman initially disappeared into the chaos of ***** and running people, leading to a five-hour manhunt through the complex, which also includes a hotel and shops, according to Dela Rosa. He said the assailant, who appeared to be a foreigner because he spoke English and looked caucasian, was found just before dawn in a hotel room having committed suicide.
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