Suara.com - Tens of thousands of people died during President Rodrigo Duterte leading the Philippines. On average, 26 people were killed.
In the past month, there have been 790 murders from 16 September to 15 October 2017. This is obtained from records from the Philippine National Police.
Police Chief of the Directorate of Investigation and the Police Management Control Division of the Philippines also noted if there were 15,911 murder cases since Duterte took office in July 2016 until 15 September 2017.
The number of homicides increased to 16,701 on October 15 to 790 murder cases.
Filipino police define them as dead from various cases. Starting from war operations against narcotics to criminal murder cases.
President Duterte has authorized the operation of narcotics to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). This bada became the sole agent to carry out his "drug war" of his government. While the Philippine police are focused on street crime, which includes murder. (Anadolu)