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NBP hostage-taking ends peacefully
New Bilibid Prison. Monzonda / Wikipedia photo
MANILA — The hostage-taking incident inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) ended peacefully on Monday.
It started at 12:30 p.m. and ended at 2:40 p.m.
According to NBP Acting Superintendent Celso Bravo, the hostage-taking took place at the Samsung Factory, a handicraft factory inside the Medium Security Compound.
Bravo identified the victim as Susan Egana, a civilian employee of Samsung Factory.
Likewise, he identified the hostage-taker as Dennis Gonzaga, an inmate worker who had in his possession a screw driver.
NBP Chaplain Monsignor Bobby Olaguer also helped in the negotiation.
The hostage-taker earlier demanded to talk to his mother or his sibling.
The sibling of the hostage-taker arrived later and upon seeing his sibling, he immediately released his victim and surrendered to authorities.
The hostage-taker was convicted for parricide and was sentenced to suffer a jail term of up to 17 years.
