The gunman did not shoot anyone but disappeared into the chaos of smoke and running people, leading to a manhunt throughout the casino, hotel, and shopping complex that ended just after dawn.
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Dela Rosa said in a phone interview on Unang Balita, blood stains where seen in the other floor where operating troops first encountered the suspect.
"May dugo kanina doon sa baba kung saan nagkabulagaan sila pero ngayon patay na, sa 5th floor nakuha," he said.
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO Director) Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde said in an interview on dzBB that the gunman committed suicide.
"Sa room 510, sinunog niya 'yung sarili niya, nagpakamatay na rin po siya...-na-recover 'yung baril, one long, one short na baril na hawak niya," he said.
Albayalde said the suspect was alone inside a hotel room.
"After po nun, after magsunog siya ay dumeretso na doon sa fifth floor at nagsunog din siya doon kaya kumapal yung usok at nawala siya sa monitor ng CCTV," he added.
"Kaya doon po siya nagkulong sa loob ng 510."
Albayalde said the suspect, who was armed with a baby Armalite, could have burned himself alive.
"Sunog na sunog po siya. Ang assessment po natin nagsunog siya ng sarili. Opo nagpakatamay na rin po siya."
Dela Rosa said, "For now, we can say that this is not a terrorist attack."
He noted that there were "no elements of violence, intimidation" that marked acts of terrorism.
"Kung ISIS siya, namaril na siya doon (If he's ISIS, he would have gunned down the people there)," the PNP chief said, adding that a terrorist would have carried out a suicide bombing to inflict maximum casualties.
Dela Rosa said the man might have lost a lot of money at the tables, then tried to recover his losses by attempting to rob the casino.
He said that for now, "there's no connection" between the Resorts World incident and the clashes between local terrorists and government troops in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, which had prompted a martial law declaration in Mindanao.
Source :Philstar
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