'That's Good,' Philippine President Says, As Drug Raids Kill Unprecedented Numbers
Police raids in the Philippines over a three-day span killed dozens of people suspected of selling or using drugs. They're the bloodiest known days in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
by Camila Domonoske
Aug 17, 2017
2 minutes
At least 58 people were killed by police in the Philippines this week in two raids â the first and deadliest of which was celebrated by President Rodrigo Duterte as a successful part of his brutal war on drugs.
On Tuesday, a raid in the province of Bulacon left 32 people dead, The Associated Press reports. It was the highest single-day death
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