MANILA: Police have identified the gunman who attacked a casino and hotel complex in Manila early on Friday morning as a 42-year-old former staff of the Department of Finance.
Jessie Carlos, a Filipino, was "heavily indebted due to being hooked in casino gambling", Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde disclosed in a statement he read at a news briefing on Sunday, supporting police theory that the attack was a robbery gone awry.
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