Shoppers try to see what's happening inside Greenhills shopping centre during a reported hostage situation, in San Juan, Manila, Philippines March 2, 2020. — Pony Alde/Social Media video image via Reuters

MANILA, March 2 — A man was shot and about 30 people taken hostage today by a gunman at a mall in the Philippine capital Manila, where armed police and negotiators were trying to end the standoff peacefully.