25 dead over 24 hours in ‘one-time, big-time’ police operations in Manila

By Jaime Pilapil, TMT

Aug 17, 2017 12:26 pm

AT least 25 suspected criminals were killed in simultaneous police operations in Manila over 24 hours, an official said Thursday.

Chief Superintendent Joel Napoleon Coronel, director of the Manila Police District (MPD), clarified that in the 40 separate operations that started at 7 a.m. on Wednesday until 7 a.m. on Thursday, 14 of the 25 were drug pushers who resisted arrest while 11 were robbery-holdup suspects.

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