President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday warned that extremists usually targeted “Westerners” in the Philippines given the country’s history of being colonized by the West for more than 300 years. ADVERTISEMENTColonization“These extremists… Be on your guard because there are many whites here. The President pointed out that the colonization of the Philippines and other nations by Western countries was often the reason for the killings. “The difficult thing about Westerners, Britain occupied Malaysia, the Dutch occupied Indonesia. So that is territorial.”The President said extremists saw nothing wrong with killing to avenge those who died during the colonization by Western countries.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 11, 2018 21:33 UTC