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Drug war: 3 Davao inmates killed

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DAVAO CITY–Three Chinese inmates were killed inside the Davao Prison and Penal Farm on Saturday by two Filipino inmates that they shared their cell with, said Sr. Insp. Jay Nocidal, commander of the   Braulio E. Dujali Municipal Police Station here.

He said the Chinese were allegedly connected to a drug triad in the country and were previously detained at the New Bilibid Prison before they were transferred here.

He said their killers were two Filipinos–one  who was facing a murder case and another who was in prison for disciplinary action. 

In Manila, lawmen arrested five people, including three Chinese nationals and a policeman, during two separate operations in Binondo and Las Piñas City during the weekend.

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In Quezon City, five suspected drug pushers were killed and another was wounded in a shootout on Monday following a buy-bust operation.

Quezon City Police Chief Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said the fatalities remained unidentified.

Meanwhile, a group of supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte who helped him during the campaign slammed Vice President Leni Robredo Monday for her allegedly negative comments on  the ongoing ant-criminality campaign being conducted by the government, insinuating that the killings were deliberate.

The group People’s National Movement for Federalism criticized Robredo, who ran under the Liberal Party, for her “misguided statements” that it said caused more harm than good.

The city governments of Makati and Taguig have joined the police campaign against the drug syndicates operating in and outside night establishments in their localities, particularly in the Bonifacio Global City where drugs were reportedly being used and sold openly. 

They made the decision after Philippine National Police  Chief  Ronald dela Rosa said high-end clubs and bars in the cities were the next target of the government’s intensified campaign against prohibited drugs. 

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