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Philippines V-Mall siege: ex-security guard takes dozens of hostages in Manila shopping centre Hundreds have been evacuated after gunfire was heard on second floor of V-Mall in San Juan’s Greenhills. A person was shot and being treated in hospital ‘We are currently negotiating with this person,’ San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora said, adding that about 30 people were being heldPhilippine police on Monday surrounded a shopping centre in an upscale section of Manila after a recently dismissed security guard opened fire and took dozens of people hostage, an official said.Mayor Francis Zamora of San Juan in the Philippine capital said the gunman, who was armed with a pistol, shot one person at the V-Mall. The victim was in stable condition at a nearby hospital.Read more at: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3064573/philippines-mall-siege-disgruntled-security-guard-takes
AFP news agency@AFP#BREAKING Philippines mall hostage-taker surrenders peacefully: live videohttps://twitter.com/AFP/status/1234459681806045184