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| Resorts World Manila: At least 34 bodies found at casino complex | |
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| At least 34 bodies have been found in a casino and hotel complex in Manila after a shooting incident by a lone gunman. | |
| Most of the dead appear to have suffocated from thick smoke after the man set fire to casino tables, sources told local media. | |
| The gunman began shooting at TV monitors in Resorts World Manila in the early hours of Friday morning. | The gunman began shooting at TV monitors in Resorts World Manila in the early hours of Friday morning. |
| Police said he later killed himself by setting himself on fire. | Police said he later killed himself by setting himself on fire. |
| The incident sparked a security lockdown and authorities initially said there were no casualties, but appear to have only found the bodies while sweeping the complex in the last few hours. | |
| Police said the incident appeared to have been a robbery attempt, and was not terror-related. | |
| More than 50 people have been sent to a hospital to be treated for injuries. | More than 50 people have been sent to a hospital to be treated for injuries. |
| 'Burned himself' | |
| Authorities said the man, who has yet to be named, entered the casino shortly after midnight and began shooting at television screens with an assault rifle, sending terrified patrons fleeing. | |
| He also set gaming tables on fire and filled a backpack with gambling chips worth 113m Philippine pesos (£1.7m, $2.3m). | |
| The man later fled to the hotel section of the complex, leaving behind the backpack, and entered a hotel room. | |
| "He lay down on the bed, covered himself with a thick blanket, apparently poured petrol on the blanket and burned himself," national police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said on Friday. | |
| The shooting sparked a security lockdown and a manhunt in the complex, which ended around dawn on Friday when his body was found. | |
| Resorts World Manila said in an earlier statement that the man also shot himself after setting himself on fire. |