Philippine Former Senator Briefly Held Hostage in Jail Rampage

Philippine Former Senator Briefly Held Hostage in Jail Rampage
Police keep watch as an ambulance is parked outside the PNP Custodial Compound in Camp Crame police headquarters, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 9, 2022. Gerard Carreon/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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MANILA, Philippines—Philippine police killed three detained terrorists linked to ISIS after they staged a jail rampage Sunday that saw a police officer stabbed and a former opposition senator briefly held hostage in a failed escape attempt from the maximum-security facility in the police headquarters in the capital, police said.

National police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said former Sen. Leila de Lima was unhurt and taken to a hospital for a checkup following the brazen escape attempt and hostage-taking at the detention center for high-profile inmates at the main police camp in Metropolitan Manila.