HK jurors blame massacre in part on Philippine government

Hong Kong - Of the eight victims who died in a hijacking of a Manila tour bus this past year, all were wrongfully killed, according to an inquest jury.

Rolando Mendoza, a former member of the Philippine police force who had been dismissed on charges of bribery, hijacked a Hong Thai bus carrying 22 Hong Kong tourists on Aug 23, 2010, and demanded that he be reinstated to his position and pension.

After five hours of deliberation on Wednesday, the jury returned a narrative verdict, which has never before happened in Hong Kong. Rather than a simple verdict, the two female and three male jurors gave a description of how the hostages had been killed and how the hijacking had come to a sad end.