Duterte death fears rise as Philippine mayor offers bounties [View all]
Source: yahoo news
The incoming mayor of a major Philippine city said Friday he was offering police bounties to kill criminals, deepening fears of extra-judicial deaths under the rule of president-elect Rodrigo Duterte.
Reports of another official forcing three children to walk through the streets with signs declaring they were drug traffickers added to the alarm of authorities being incited to act outside of the law.
Tomas Osmena, the incoming mayor of central Cebu city, told AFP he would pay police 50,000 pesos ($1,060) for each criminal they killed and 5,000 pesos for wounding them.
"If you kill a criminal in the line of duty, (you'll be rewarded), no questions asked. I'm there to assist the police, not to prosecute them," Osmena said by telephone.
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