Resorts World Manila attack

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On June 2, 2017, at 12:03 a.m. PhST (GMT+8), a gunman attacked Resorts World Manila and started fires, causing a stampede which killed 38 people and injured 70 others. Initially thought to be a terrorist attack related to the Marawi crisis in Mindanao, the attack was instead an armed robbery by 42-year-old Jessie Javier Carlos, a former Filipino civil servant. Carlos stole casino chips worth ₱113 million (US$2.24 million). Following confrontation with the responding SWAT team around 1:30 a.m., Carlos broke into a room on the fifth floor of the adjacent Maxims Hotel, committing suicide fifteen minutes later. The police investigation revealed Carlos was a problem gambler with debts of ₱4 million (US$79,000) by the time of the attack. The investigation linked him to a shooting near Paco Park two hours before the attack, killing two people. The Philippine Senate launched an inquiry into the attack, which revealed security lapses in the hours leading up to the attack. PAGCOR temporarily suspended...

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