PIKIT, North Cotabato—Two drug suspects were killed after they reportedly traded shots with police conducting anti-drug operation in Barangay Batulawan in Pikit town before dawn on Saturday, police said. The incident took place after authorities were accused of extra-judicially killing two drug suspects in nearby Kabacan town earlier this week. Three others were arrested during the 3 a.m. anti-drug raid in two houses in Batulawan, according to Superintendent Bernard Tayong, who was speaking for the North Cotabato police. Tayong identified the slain suspects as Andamen Sapalon, 40, and his brother, Pisko Kanda Sapalon, 30, both residents of the village. On Tuesday, two men were also killed in Kabacan town after they allegedly traded shots with police officers conducting an anti-drugs operation.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 27, 2018 05:32 UTC