WorldMANILA, AFP -A man accused by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte of being the nation's top drug trafficker was injured and a gang member killed during jailhouse knife attacks on Wednesday, authorities said. Two other high-profile inmates were injured in the violence at Manila's notorious Bilibid National Penitentiary, from where Duterte has said much of the nation's illegal drug trade is run. Duterte has railed against the criticism, vowing to do whatever is necessary to stop the Philippines from becoming a narco state. He had targeted Bilibid prison as one of the hotspots for the drug trade and accused Peter Co, one of the men injured on Wednesday, as being the biggest drug trafficker. The man killed was Tony Co, no relation to Peter Co but a member of the same prison gang and also a convicted drug trafficker.

Source: Sunday Times September 28, 2016 12:33 UTC