08-03-2016, 04:56 AM
Quote:Police have shot dead six supporters of a Philippine mayor, authorities said, days after president Rodrigo Duterte threatened to have him "shot on sight" for protecting his drug-dealing son.
Hundreds of people have died since Mr Duterte took power after winning a landslide election on the pledge to wipe out lawlessness by killing tens of thousands of criminals.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-03/ph...or/7686420
Quote:More than 700 suspected drug users or dealers have been killed by police or vigilantes in the Philippines in less than three months
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/a...-crackdown