A woman from Hong Kong cries as she enters a hospital to visit her relative who was wounded during Monday's hostage drama in Manila, Philippines. -- PHOTO: AP
HONG KONG - THE Philippines faced fury in Hong Kong on Tuesday as the territory plunged into mourning for eight tourists mown down in Manila, with flags at half-mast and share traders holding a minute's silence.
One survivor of Monday's day-long bus siege said her husband and two daughters were killed in a hail of bullets as the crisis reached a dramatic climax.
Her son was in intensive care in hospital, said the survivor, identifying herself only as Mrs Leung.
'The Philippine government.... I can't accept this. Why did they do this to us? The gunman did not want to kill us. He only shot us after the negotiations failed,' she said, sobbing.
The Hong Kong government has added the Philippines on its travel 'black' list, urging all against travelling there.
Two Cathay Pacific flights were also charted to take relatives of the hostages, as well as psychologists, doctors and social workers, to Manila. -- AFP
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