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Kill only if necessary, says Duterte

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MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has backed police on the front lines of a war on drugs that he said would not cease, but warned officers their duty was to arrest suspects and kill only if their lives were in danger.


The firebrand leader, now facing the most intense scrutiny so far in his controversial but popular crackdown, said he could not justify last week’s high-profile killing of a high school student, and police responsible had not followed instructions and would face justice.


“You are not allowed to kill a person that is kneeling down begging for his life. That is murder,” Duterte said in a speech.


“When I say you get him, it includes doing the arresting and then if there is a violent resistance, they (police) have to defend themselves.” — Reuters


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