Cops kill 25 more in Philippines

Police in the Philippine capital shot dead 25 drug suspects in another round of anti-drug raids, authorities said yesterday, as they followed President Rodrigo Duterte's call for dozens of deaths a day.

The killings, carried out in Manila from Wednesday to yesterday morning, came after police shot dead 32 drug suspects in the province neighbouring the capital early in the week in what was billed as a "shock and awe" operation against drug traffickers.

Duterte on Wednesday praised the killings of the 32 suspects in Bulacan province, describing the operations as "good".

Police have killed more than 3,500 people in drug raids since Duterte came to office in the middle of last year, according to government data.