Philippines senator defends police over toddler's death in drugs raid
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen from World news | The Guardian on (#4JHZT)
Ronald dela Rosa says 'shit happens during operations' after three-year-old girl killed
A senator who oversaw the most violent period in the Philippines' war on drugs has dismissed the killing of a three-year-old girl in a police drug operation as collateral damage, stating that "shit happens".
Ronald dela Rosa, who was the police chief running President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on drugs before he was elected as a senator two months ago, defended the shooting by police during a sting operation last week.
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