President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that he wanted to create a death squad to match the New People’s Army (NPA) Sparrow Unit during the Marcos regime. Duterte named his unit the “Duterte Death Squad,” which he wanted to counter the communist rebels’ capability to assassinate people. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Duterte wants to create ‘death squad’ to counter NPA’s Sparrow UnitWhat is this so-called Sparrow Unit? The NPA’s Sparrow Unit was active in the 1980s during the dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos. But he said the teams are “not necessarily sparrow units.” /eeREAD: Sison: Duterte’s ‘death squad’ vs sparrow units would be like ‘Oplan Tokhang’Read Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 29, 2018 10:38 UTC