Not long after he was sworn in as the Philippines' 16th president at the presidential palace in Manila on Thursday, Rodrigo Duterte reverted to his tough-talking rhetoric, promising a "relentless" fight against crime — and urging the population to kill not only drug traffickers, but also addicts.
"These sons of whores are destroying our children," Duterte told the audience of about 500 during a visit to a Manila slum. "If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself as getting their parents to do it would be too painful."
