The new President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has given a green light for police and vigilantes to shoot drug dealers.
Since taking office just 7 weeks ago at least 1,800 drug related deaths have been recorded with more killings every night in Manilla. One vigilante who was interviewed on the BBC says he hopes to have completed his kill list by the end of September.
President Duterte is enjoying unprecedented popularity.
Read more at Reuters..