{"id":28013,"date":"2019-01-04T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T10:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28013"},"modified":"2019-01-04T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T10:22:05","slug":"former-philippine-mayor-brother-killed-in-anti-drug-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28013","title":{"rendered":"Former Philippine mayor, brother killed in anti-drug raids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former town mayor in the Philippines<\/a> and his brother have been killed in separate shootouts with the police, becoming the latest victims of President Rodrigo Duterte<\/a>‘s so-called war on drugs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Talib Abo, ex-mayor of Parang town in\u00a0Maguindanao province, was shot in his home by officers on Friday during an anti-drug operation in the southern Cotabato City. His brother Bobby was also killed in a similar pre-dawn raid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police and anti-drug agents were serving search warrants when Abo and his brother allegedly resisted and shot at the authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They resisted and shot it out with the law enforcers,” Senior Superintendent Rolly Octavio, the city police director, told local media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Duterte<\/a> had accused Abo of being a narco-politician as far back as 2006, linking him to the transport of 3.5kgs of crystal methamphetamine, locally called shabu, to Davao City in an ambulance.<\/p>\n

Abo had denied the allegations and claimed that political rivals were behind the accusations.<\/p>\n

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Since taking office in June 2016, the brash-talking Duterte expanded nationwide a deadly campaign against illegal drugs that he had implemented as a long-time mayor of the southern city of Davao.<\/p>\n

According to police, the current campaign has left close to 5,000 suspects dead, including nearly a dozen mayors<\/a>, in what they claimed were clashes with law enforcement.<\/p>\n

But rights groups and opposition politicians say more than 20,000 people have been killed by police since 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The slain suspects have included several incumbent and former local government officials who have been accused of providing protection to illegal drug syndicates in their areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE:
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