Armored personnel carrier rams main entrance of Manila Pen

An armored personnel carrier rammed the main entrance of the Peninsula Manila at 5:09 p.m. on Thursday, as government forces continued their assault on the hotel that had earlier been taken over by Magdalo troops led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim. This was reported live over GMA News by reporter Michael Fajatin who is on the scene. A few minutes earlier, two civilians who came from inside the hotel were rushed to a governament ambulance, shortly after police and military forces fired tear gas inside the lobby of the hotel. Raffy Tima of GMA News, who witnessed the action, reported live that the civilians were not wounded. The civilians were not identified. A GMA news crew, led by systems engineer Allan Gutierrez, were among the media personnel that remain trapped inside the hotel as fumes from tear gas lodged by government forces filled the lobby of the Makati hotel that had earlier been taken over by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. - GMANews.TV