At least seven of 15 Chinese nationals who were held captive in a tourist bus hijacked by a dismissed policeman Monday are still alive.
But four captives were confirmed dead, according to the report filed by ABS-CBN News Channel.
The hostage-taker, former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, was killed after local police assaulted the bus to save the hostages.
Police took injured to nearby hospitals - Philippine General Hospital, Manila Doctors Hospital and Manila Hospital - for treatment.
Manila hospital sources said that six out of 15 hostages from hijacked bus have been killed.
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, Lau Mei-sze, manager of Hong Thai travel agency which had organized the Hong Kong tour group to the Philippines, said the
Hong Kong government has decided to send a chartered plane to the Philippine capital Manila on Monday night to carry back tourists involved in the abduction incident.