Bacoor Rural Bank Hostage Taking

© linus escandorFour suspects held hostage five employees, including a security guard, and three depositors when responding policemen surrounded the bank.© linus escandorPolice secure the area as people stay outside the police line as they watch the hostage taking drama unfolds. © linus escandorThe hostage takers gave up peacefully to the police after they held hostage eight people for more than three hours Thursday following a holdup attempt at a bank in this town.The bank hostage-taking incident stalled vehicles on Aguinaldo Highway, Coastal Road and Zapote areas for hours. The hostage-takers surrendered with their long and short firearms to the hostage crisis management committee