Police said the victims suffocated from thick smoke after the suspect burned tables inside the gambling area of the complex.Īn initial report of fatalities released by the resort management only listed 35 fatalities, excluding the suspect. The victimsĪccording to reports citing authorities, at least 37 bodies were found at the casino complex, including that of the suspect. “Severe blood loss from the gunshot wound significantly slowed the assailant down, and resulted to his holing up in a room where he took his own life,” the statement said. He also said that the remains of the suspect were badly burned, making him unrecognisable.Īnother statement from Albayalde said the suspect shot himself in the head, before setting himself on fire inside one of the rooms of the hotel adjacent to the gambling area.Ī separate statement from the hotel management said security personnel from the resort shot and wounded the attacker. Thirty-six people died in the fires, dozens more were injured in a stampede to escape, and the gunman was found dead about five hours later in a hotel room after committing suicide, police said.
The masked man stormed into the Resorts World casino and hotel complex in Manila on Friday with an M4 automatic rifle and a bottle of petrol, before setting alight a number of different rooms in the complex.
