The parents of Kian delos Santos, a 17-year-old student who was shot during anti-drug operations stops grieve during a funeral mass inside a church Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao
MANILA (Reuters) - More than a thousand people attended a funeral procession on Saturday for a Philippine teenager slain by police last week, turning the march into one of the biggest protests yet against President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs.
The death of Kian Loyd delos Santos has drawn widespread attention to allegations that police have been systematically executing suspected users and dealers - a charge the authorities deny.
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