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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Gomez

Philippines VP Sara Duterte publicly threatens to have president assassinated

Philippines Vice President Assassination Threat - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke.

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the “active threat” against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to an elite presidential guards force “for immediate proper action.” It was not immediately clear what actions would be taken against the vice president.

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