Police kill armed men who tried to seize control tower
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.
Former Air Transport Office chief Panfilo Villaruel and navy reserve officer Ricardo Catchillar – armed with guns and explosives and claiming they wanted to expose government corruption – stormed the tower and forced the controllers out of the building.
