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Beyond the Numbers

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REASONS FOR ATTACK ALLEGED BY STATE AGENTS

192 VICTIMS

WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF DRUGS For killings, State agents claim that about 23% of the incidents resulted from the victims violently resisting arrest or being armed -- typically known as the “nanlaban� narrative. For both killings and arrests, State agents claim that 61% were in possession of illegal drugs, while 12% were arrested while committing some other crime and then incidentally searched.

TYPE OF PERPETRATORS

55.3% 32% PNP

UNIDENTIFIED

Official records and testimonies of the victims or their families and witnesses reveal that 55% of the incidents involved the Philippine National Police, while an alarming 32% of the incidents were committed by unknown or unidentified assailants.

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