58 dead in 3 days in renewed Philippine anti-drug bloodshed

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Philippine police killed at least 26 more drug suspects in overnight gunbattles in the capital, bringing to 58 the death toll in a renewed bloody crackdown in the last three days that received praises from the President. President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his satisfaction with the new spike in drug killings and reassured law enforcers on Thursday they will not rot in jail if they get entangled in lawsuits. “If the police and the military get into trouble in connection with the performance of duty, you can expect, I really won’t agree for you to be jailed,” Duterte said to applause from police officers.

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