Court finds cops guilty in drug war killings


Justice finally: Domingo holding portraits of her son (left) and husband as she arrives with her supporters at a court in Manila. — AFP

Four policemen were found guilty of killing a father and son, court officials said, in a rare case of law enforcement officers being prosecuted for taking part in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war

.The low-ranking officers were all sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for shooting the two victims at a Manila slum during an anti-drug police operation in 2016, Manila regional trial court judge Rowena Alejandria said in her written verdict that was read in court on Tuesday.

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