Philippines National Police (PNP) officers Jeremias Pereda, Jerwin Cruz and Arnel Oares take an oath during a hearing on the killing of 17-year-old high school student Kian Delos Santos in a recent police raid, at the Senate headquarters in Pasay city, metro Manila, Philippines August 24, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police on Thursday told a Senate inquiry that a high school student killed last week by anti-drugs officers had been involved in narcotics, but officers only learnt of that the day after they shot him dead.
The death of 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos, one of thousands of Filipinos killed during the country's fierce war on drugs, has stirred unprecedented public attention on to what activists say are executions and systematic abuses by police backed steadfastly by President Rodrigo Duterte.
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