Security officers shot and killed the Philippines’ former top civil aviation administrator, and a navy reserve officer, who had seized the airport control tower in the capital Manila at gunpoint early today.

Two gunmen who tried to seize the Manila airport air control tower, including a former air transport official, died in a shoot-out with security officers today.

Shots were fired at Manila airport tonight where at least three armed men, including a former air transport official, tried to seize the control tower.