Philippine police killed a town mayor in his jail cell in a purported gunbattle Saturday, the second killing in a week of a politician linked to illegal drugs under President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal crackdown. Last week, police killed another town mayor, Samsudin Dimaukom, and nine of his men in a gunbattle in the southern Philippines. He later was released, but he was arrested last month after being indicted on drug and illegal possession of firearm charges. Police estimate that more than 3,600 suspected drug dealers and users have been killed since Duterte took office on June 30. One human rights advocate has called the killings under Duterte a "human rights calamity."

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2016 17:01 UTC