- Islamic State was quick to claim responsibility for the attack at Resorts World Manila
- So far, there are no immediate reports of fatalities
- Footage shows guests running for their lives as gunshots and explosions are heard
Huge explosions were also heard blasting out as an unknown number of heavily armed masked men burst into the Resorts World hotel in the Philippine capital and began firing at will.
Gunfire and explosions were reported at Resorts World Casino in the Philippine capital
The gunshots and reported explosions caused panic for tourists
Smoke rises from the Resorts World Manila complex
Filipino elite Police Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) personnel take their position outside the Resort World Manila hotel in Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines
Police are in the area after heavily armed men wearing black hoods stormed the complex at midnight
Terrified witnesses told how they saw some frantic guests leaping off balconies in an effort to escape
the carnage.
ISIS has since claimed "lone wolf soldiers" from the terror group carried out the attack - which
happened at around midnight local time. Footage posted on social media shows scores of people
frantically running from the hotel and casino complex as loud bangs were heard.
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said at least 25 people were injured and were taken to hospital.
No fatalities have yet been reported.
Horrified witnesses told how masked men stormed into the third floor of one of the resorts' four
hotels and opened fire at guests and employees as they fled for their lives.
It is unclear how many people have been injured
Paramedics attended to those injured at the scene in the Pasay City section of Manila
An overturned vehicle after reported explosions took place
Medics respond to a victim Friday at the Resorts World Manila
At least 25 people were injured and were taken to various hospitals
Witnesses told how they saw guests jumping from the second floor of the hotel
Chilling photos from the scene shows bloodied victims lying down while others were seen carried
out of the building.
Kara Verano, who took footage of people fleeing the hotel lobby, wrote on Facebook: "We were just
eating at Bulgogi when we heard gunshots other customers said that there were men coming out of
the casino wearing masks and armed.
"We got stuck in the restaurant's storage room for almost two hours with continuous gunshots coming
from outside and smell something is burning.
"I wasn't sure if it was a teargas or something is actually burning.. it was as if impossible to breakout."
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