Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
President: I killed victim over a look
PHILIPPINES president Rodrigo Duterte has said he stabbed a person to death as a teenager.
He said: “At 16, I killed someone.” This was “just over a look”, an audience heard him say.
The killing was during his violent teenage years when he often brawled and was “in and out of jail”.
Mr Duterte, 72, was giving a speech to Filipinos at a summit in Da Nang, Vietnam. His spokesman said the words were “in jest” as the leader used “colourful language” to address Filipinos overseas.
The leader has faced criticism from human rights campaigners for his deadly crackdown on drugs in the Philippines.
Mr Duterte has encouraged extrajudicial killings of those in the illegal trade.