Philippines - Gunfire, explosions at Manila resort, 1 June 2017

[margarita25]

(Not touching this article with a 10 foot pole: )
[video=cnn;world/2017/06/02/manila-casino-attack-alexandra-field-intv.cnn]http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/politics/donald-trump-manila-attack/index.html[/video]

 

[margarita25]

ISIS claims Manila casino attack despite police denial

[video=cnn;world/2017/06/01/attack-on-manila-resort-jpm-orig.cnn]http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/asia/manila-philippines-resort-world-isis/index.html[/video]

"(CNN)ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack Friday at a casino in the Philippine capital that left 37 people dead; however, police continue to deny what happened was terror-related."

Snip

"ISIS claimed that "Islamic State fighters carried out" the attack in a statement Friday by its Amaq News Agency. A follow-up statement from the group's east Asia division referred to only one attacker -- whom it named as Abou al-Kheir al-Arkhebieli -- and boasted about the number of "Christians killed or wounded" before he "took his life."

But police said there was "no truth" to the assertion.

"They can always claim whatever they want to claim," said Oscar Albayalde, police chief for the Manila area. "They have this reputation of claiming all atrocities all over the world to perpetuate themselves to gain global notoriety. There is no truth that the incident is a terror act.""

 

[Jennifer17]

There are mixed reports coming out about this. Police are claiming that it was a botched robbery attempt or a disgruntled gambler and that the deaths were due to stampeding not gunshots.

 

[margarita25]

Hope this isn't a leaky article!!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/world/asia/shooting-resorts-world-manila.html?_r=0

Discussion of robbery as a possible motive.
"Sprinklers didn't work"...

 

[margarita25]

Ugh, this is horrible, I hate posting such articles:

Loved ones rush to claim bodies after Resorts World Manila casino attack
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/resorts...ack-rush-to-claim-bodies-after-dozens-killed/

Prayers for these victims' familes
:candle:

"Relatives rushed to funeral homes on Friday to see the remains of their loved ones after a gunman*stormed a crowded Manila casino*and used gasoline to set gambling tables on fire, creating clouds of smoke that swept through the crowds and killed at least 35 people, police said. The gunman, who had fled with more than $2 million in stolen casino chips, then forced his way into a room in an adjoining hotel and killed himself.

Authorities suspect the man, who has not yet been identified, was trying to rob the casino at Resorts World Manila, a complex of hotels, restaurants, stores and a sprawling multi-floor gambling area.

"Initial findings of police investigation of the Resorts World incident this morning, 2nd of June 2017 Thursday (Friday) show that there are no indications of terrorist activity," Secretary Ernesto Abella, Philippine presidential spokesperson, said. "All indications point to a criminal act by an apparently emotionally disturbed individual."

"Either he lost in the casino and wanted to recoup his losses or he went totally nuts," said Metropolitan Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde. While an Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS)-linked Filipino said on social media that "lone wolf soldiers" of the Islamic State group were behind the attack, police noted the man didn't shoot anyone he encountered. The only gunshot wound was a guard at the complex who accidentally shot himself, authorities said."

 

[margarita25]

So, why steal two million in casino chips then set yourself on fire? Did he not have an out? I mean yeah, disturbed individual, no telling what was on his mind, but still...