ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo City Council has raised alarm over the rash of killings of suspected drug suspects by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants. Four days earlier, on Sept. 7, two drug suspects were separately gunned down in the city. Church leaders in Western Visayas had earlier raised alarm over the surge in the killing of drug suspects in police operations. Drug suspects were being killed in operations by police who were better armed and were trained to make arrests, he added. At least 63 drug suspects had been killed in police operations in Western Visayas since July 2016.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 14, 2018 21:56 UTC