The body count of mayors in the Philippines is going up as Duterte's drug war rages on

• A Philippine mayor was killed on Wednesday as the number of officials killed under mysterious circumstances continues to rise since Duterte took office.
• 11 mayors and six vice mayors have been killed since June 2016. 
• Many have been linked to Duterte's war on drugs, which may have killed up to 20,000 people.

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A Philippine mayor was shot dead on Wednesday as the number of officials killed under mysterious circumstances has risen to 11 since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016. 

Mariano Blanco, mayor of the town of Ronda in the Cebu province, was shot in his office at around 1:30 a.m. local time after four unidentified men broke in, Rappler reported, citing police officials.

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