Second Philippine mayor gunned down in 24 hours

Opposition blames ‘culture of violence’ created by President Duterte’s brutal war on drugs

A mural of Rodrigo Duterte watches over a demonstration against drug war killings
(Image credit: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

The mayors of two cities in the Philippines have been shot dead in as many days, prompting one opposition senator to call the country the “murder capital of Asia”.

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