格利高里.门多萨，被击毙的劫匪的兄弟在接受当地电视台采访的时候说，警察应该为这起事件的悲剧性结果负责，由于他带着枪靠近了被劫持的巴士和他的55岁的兄长劫匪罗兰多.门多萨说话稍早前他被带到了警察局。他的兄长用一把 M-16 冲锋枪挟持了15名香港游客整整12个小时就为了恢复职位，在被击毙前他杀了8个人质。格利高里.门多萨在采访中说，警察由于谈判失败而把他作为替罪羊。菲警方于晚间门多萨在车内开始射杀15名人质时攻击被劫持巴士，菲警方高级主管纳尔逊说劫匪用人质做人肉盾牌在射伤了一名警方枪手后被狙击手射击到头部死亡。对于香港特首对其处置过程的批评，菲警方说他们尽了一切努力去谈判，但是劫匪让他们没有选择。

Members of the SWAT teams prepare to assault the tourist bus seized by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

MANILA, Philippines (CBS/AP) Gregorio Mendoza, the brother of Philippines bus hijacker Rolando Mendoza was arrested on obstruction of justice allegations and claims police are to blame for the tragic outcome of the hijacking.

Gregorio, a policeman himself, was taken to a police station after he reportedly approached the bus, armed with a gun, to speak to his 55-year-old brother. Rolando hijacked the bus with an M-16 assault rifle while holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage for 12 hours in an attempt to get his job back. 

Rolando Mendoza killed eight of the hostages before being killed by police.

Gregorio told a local TV station that Rolando was "upset," and claims that police are to blame for horrific outcome.

"They were the ones who failed in the negotiations, then they blame the outcome on me," Gregorio said.

Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening when Mendoza started shooting at the 15 Chinese tourists inside, said police Senior Superintendent Nelson Yabut. He said the hostage-taker was killed by a sniper shot to the head after he wounded a police sharpshooter.

Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang criticized the authorities' handling of the siege. Police said they did everything to negotiate and end the 12-hour ordeal peacefully, but Rolando gave them no choice.

The day-long crisis began Monday morning, when Ronaldo, armed with an M-16 rifle, stopped the bus that initially had 25 people on board on a road in one of Manila's biggest parks.

The gunman released nine hostages during the afternoon - leaving 15 inside - and demanded his job back to free the rest. Despite hopes that negotiations might bring the standoff to a peaceful conclusion, tensions escalated as night closed in. Police said they stormed the bus after they saw Mendoza open fire on hostages. Moments before the commandos moved in, the Filipino driver fled. Police officer Roderick Mariano cited him as saying Mendoza had opened fire at the tourists.