In Pictures: Philippine gunman surrenders after day-long standoff with police

A former security guard took more than 30 others hostage for nearly 10 hours inside a shopping mall at a commercial hub east of Manila before turning himself in on March 2, 2020. At least one mall security personnel was shot.

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March 3, 2020 at 9:29 AM

Filipino Archie Paray (centre) is taken into police custody after holding civilians hostage inside a mall in San Juan City, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Policemen arrest hostage-taker Alchie Paray (centre) after he surrendered outside a shopping mall following a shooting incident in San Juan City, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Hostage-taker Archie Paray (left) talks to the media after releasing hostages before he was subdued by police outside a mall in Manila on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Dozens of hostages are released after being held inside a mall by a gunman and former security guard Archie Paray in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Archie Paray, the gunman and former security guard who held dozens in hostage inside a mall, speaks to the public after releasing the hostages in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Policemen subdue hostage-taker Archir Paray (centre) after he surrendered outside a mall in Manila on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A security officer holds up a mobile phone showing a video call with the gunman purportedly holding a grenade witnessed by members of the media outside a shopping mall following a shooting incident in San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A Filipina (left) believed to have been recovered from a group taken hostage by an armed suspect at a mall, walks outside the mall premises with a relative in San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The wife (front, centre) of a man who shot one person and was holding around 30 others hostage at a mall, arrives at the scene in suburban Manila on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A police officer holds a phone where the gunman and hostage-taker of at least a dozen is on a video call inside a mall in San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of a police SWAT team prepare to enter a mall after a hostage situation was reported in suburban Manila on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Police officers block the area outside Virra Mall where gunshots were fired, in San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Relatives of mall employees arrive after gunshots were fired in Virra Mall, San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of a police SWAT team arrive after a hostage situation was reported at a mall in suburban Manila on March 2, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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