Philippine President Duterte says he would invite police officer who ran over protesters for coffee

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he speaks at the Davao International Airport after arriving back from a state visit to Brunei and China on Oct 22, 2016.PHOTO: AFP

DAVAO: Philippine President Duterte has said he would "invite for coffee" the police officer who drove the van that plowed through a crowd of protesters on Wednesday (Oct 19) outside the United States Embassy in Manila, to ask him why he did it.

While maintaining he was not justifying the acts of PO3 Franklin Kho, Duterte said on Friday (Oct 21) that the officer-who was caught on video running over some protesters and bumping several others-may have been under stress at the time.