Charge Duterte with mass murder, lawyer tells The Hague

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated April 26 2017 - 11:28am, first published 10:31am
One of two people killed in a double shooting in the Manila suburb of Baclaran, near the airport, lies in the street. Two masked gunmen shot dead two men aged 21 and 35 who were drinking in a bar at 2:40am on Thursday. The death toll in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drugs crackdown is nearing 4,000. Baclaran, Manila, Philippines. 22nd September, 2016. Photo: Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty
One of two people killed in a double shooting in the Manila suburb of Baclaran, near the airport, lies in the street. Two masked gunmen shot dead two men aged 21 and 35 who were drinking in a bar at 2:40am on Thursday. The death toll in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drugs crackdown is nearing 4,000. Baclaran, Manila, Philippines. 22nd September, 2016. Photo: Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty

Bangkok: A blackened body lies unidentified on a slab in a Manila funeral home, one of thousands of suspected extra-judicial killings, or EJKs, as they have become known in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.

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