The brother of 3-year-old Myca Ulpina wipes her casket during her wake in Rodriguez, Rizal province, Philippines July 5, 2019. Ulpina was shot during what police said was a sting operation intended to arrest her father, who they said was armed and had used the child as a human shield. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
MANILA (Reuters) - A former police general who oversaw the bloodiest years of the Philippines' war on drugs shrugged off the killing by police of a 3-year-old girl in a sting operation, saying on Thursday the world was not perfect and "s*** happens".
Ronald dela Rosa, a senator who once led the crackdown that has killed thousands of mostly urban poor users and peddlers, said "collateral damage" was inevitable, referring to Sunday's killing of toddler Myka Ulpina in a province near Manila.
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