Deadly drugs crackdown continues for third night in Philippines, as death toll reaches 80 in one week
The term “One-Time, Big-Time” has been used by police to describe a coordinated anti-crime drive in crime-prone districts, mostly slums or low-income neighbourhoods
Police killed at least 13 people in Manila on the third night of an escalation in President Rodrigo Duterte’s ruthless war on drugs and crime, taking the toll for one of the bloodiest weeks so far to 80.
Earlier this week, 67 people were gunned down and more than 200 arrested in Manila and provinces adjoining the Philippines capital, in what police described as a “One-Time, Big-Time” push to curb drugs and street crimes.
The term has been used by Philippines police to describe a coordinated anti-crime drive in crime-prone districts, usually slums or low-income neighbourhoods, often with additional police deployed.
The spike in killings drew condemnation from Vice-President Leni Robredo, who belongs to a party opposed to Duterte.
Branding it “something to be outraged about”, she has been a constant critic of the crackdown that has killed thousands of Filipinos and caused international alarm since Duterte took office over a year ago.
The killing spree must stop ... A long-term and thorough solution is necessary. A fascist solution is doomed to fail
A team of journalists went to five communities in Manila on Thursday night, where four men died in shoot-outs with undercover police in drug ‘buy-bust’ or sting operations.