More than 122 children have been killed in the Philippines' 'war on drugs,' and police have been responsible for over half of the killings

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• More than 122 children in the Philippines have been killed since July 2016 due to President Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs.'
• The deaths have been either on purpose, as replacements for real targets, or due to mistaken identities since 2016, according to a new study.
• The study done by the World Organisation Against Torture found that more than half of the killings were carried out by the police.
• The report outlined some horrific incidents including the killing of a 7-year-old boy after he witnessed another murder by local police. Only one killing has led to the arrest of any police officers.
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The police in the Philippines have been responsible for killing more than 60 children — out of at least 122 killings — during President Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs,' according to a new study.

The study titled "How could they do this to my child?" was released by the World Organisation Against Torture (WOAT) on June 29 and focuses on children's deaths between July 2016 and December 2019.

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