QC holdup men shoot at bus floor

MANILA, Philippines—Eleven passengers of a Makati City-bound bus on East Avenue in Quezon City lost their valuables to two gun-wielding men around midnight on Monday. According to the police, the robbers boarded the Taguig Metrolink Bus (UYA 664) around 11:30 p.m. at Commonwealth Market and declared the holdup as it went past the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas building.

One of the suspects fired his gun at the floor to scare the passengers. After forcing them to hand over cell phones and an undetermined amount of cash and other valuables, the same robber fired a second shot at the floor of the bus before escaping with his accomplice.

The bus driver later recovered the casing of a .45-caliber bullet inside the vehicle as the victims reported the incident to the Quezon City Police District’s Kamuning station.