Resorts World Manila attack: At least 35 choke to death after gunman storms resort and sets fire to tables
At least 35 people have died from choking on fumes after a gunman stormed a casino-hotel complex in the Philippines and set fire to gaming tables, police say.The gunman stuffed a backpack with casino chips before he fled, but was found dead in an adjacent hotel early on Friday, having apparently killed himself.The bodies were found in the smoky gambling room of the Resorts World Manila by firefighters. They died from suffocation and smoke inhalation.Metropolitan Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde said none of the bodies had gunshot wounds.The attack, which sent hundreds fleeing into the streets during the night, prompting a claim of responsibility Isis, but police said there was no evidence to support terrorism and believed robbery was the motive.«He would have shot all the people gambling there» if it had been terrorism, national police chief Ronald dela Rosa said.
