Death comes after a phone callFacebook Twitter Pinterest A police officer on a routine patrol in Manila. The officer, who the Guardian has independently verified as an active member of the national force, appears at ease here. The officer claims he is part of one of 10 newly formed and highly secretive police special operations teams, each with 16 members. The parlour has witnessed a tripling of these cases since President Duterte took office in June 2016. He has called them lies and “accusations of a madman” and previously stated that there were “no Davao death squads”.

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2016 03:35 UTC