MOST of the victims who died in the botched hostage rescue attempt Monday were shot in the neck and head, an official said Wednesday.
“Five were Hong Kong nationals and three were Canadian citizens—four females and four males,” National Police spokesman Agrimero Cruz Jr. said.
“The Canadians were two females and one male,” he said during Wednesday’s press briefing to discuss the details of the autopsy on the victims.
The dead included hostage taker and dismissed policeman Rolando Mendoza.
Cruz said the victims took bullets from “high-powered firearms” that still must be sorted out.
“We’re still determining what type of caliber [from retrieved] metal fragments,” he said.
“Many were hit in the head and the neck,” he said, rejecting media reports that a victim was slashed in the neck.
Cruz said Mendoza himself had eight gunshot wounds.
“Two were in his neck and one in his head, the fatal one,” he said.
The bullets that hit Mendoza were mostly from the Special Weapons and Tactics team of the Manila Police District.
“The fragments are still being examined. From all indications, snipers’ bullets killed Mendoza,” Cruz said.
He said three of the victims were not autopsied at the request of family members, but the complete report would include the bullet trajectories.
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