CAPTION CORRECTION CORRECTS FIRST NAME: Hostage taker Alchie Paray, right, shakes hands with a security guard in uniform as he after releases all his hostages at the VV-Mall in Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 2, 2020. Officials say Paray, a recently dismissed security guard, has released his hostages and walked out of the shopping mall, ending a daylong hostage crisis. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
March 3, 2020
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Ex-guard frees dozens of hostages in Manila mall, is subdued
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A recently dismissed security guard freed dozens of hostages and was subdued by police after walking out of a shopping mall in the Philippine capital on Monday, ending a daylong hostage crisis in an upscale commercial district near the police and military headquarters, officials said.