The Philippines landed at No. 4 next to war-torn Yemen on a list of countries where violence against civilians is leading to rising casualty figures.
Acled, however, said there’s been a thin line between drug war-related and political killings under Duterte.
“So far, this year, lethal attacks are concentrated in the Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions,” Acled said. At least 23 percent of civilian fatalities was in Central Luzon and 22 percent in Calabarzon, a region near Metro Manila.At least 10 percent of the attacks on civilians, it said, was in the National Capital Region, including Metro Manila.
It noted a coincidence between Duterte’s rise to power starting in 2016 and “more than half of political violence in the Philippines.”
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