President Rodrigo Duterte offers US$500 kill bounty for Philippines communist rebels after he told troops to shoot female fighters in genitals
Duterte’s presidency has been marked by frequent, outrageous comments
The Philippine president has offered a nearly US$500 bounty for each communist rebel killed by government forces to save on anti-insurgency costs and says insurgents are easier to hit than birds because they have bigger heads.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest crass remarks came after human rights groups condemned him this week for saying troops should shoot female communist guerillas in the genitals to render them “useless”.
“Tell the soldiers. There’s a new order coming from the mayor,” Duterte said last week.
“We won’t kill you. We will just shoot your vagina so that … if there is no vagina, it would be useless.”
Human Rights Watch said Duterte’s incendiary remarks encouraged government forces to commit war crimes instead of instilling a culture of accountability in accordance with the law.
