Pubdate: Mon, 06 Jun 2016
Source: Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
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PHILIPPINE LEADER URGES PUBLIC TO KILL DRUG DEALERS

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president has encouraged the 
public to help him in his war against crime, urging citizens with 
guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who resist arrest and fight back 
in their neighborhoods.

In a nationally televised speech late Saturday, Rodrigo Duterte told 
a huge crowd in the southern city of Davao that Filipinos who help 
him battle crime will be rewarded.

"Please feel free to call us, the police, or do it yourself if you 
have the gun - you have my support," Duterte said, warning of an 
extensive illegal drug trade that involves even the country's police.

If a drug dealer resists arrest or refuses to be brought to a police 
station and threatens a citizen with a gun or a knife, "you can kill 
him," Duterte said. "Shoot him and I'll give you a medal."
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