REPORT ON INVESTIGATED KILLINGS
IN RELATION TO THE ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG CAMPAIGN
200
186
180
160
140
120
93
100
82
80
60
40
34
26
20
0
Head
Torso
Head and Torso
Others
No Info
Graph 8. Number of victims in relation to the location of gunshot
wound/s sustained
In the nanlaban cases that were analyzed, 511 out of 537 (95%) victims were killed.
Seventy-three percent (73%) of the 511 victims instantly died as a result of the police
operations. Their injuries were mostly gunshot wounds in the head and/or torso, with the
majority of the victims succumbing to multiple gunshot wounds. The death of these victims
were inevitable given the number of gunshot wounds they sustained and the fatal location
of the wounds.
Records and reports stated that 138 nanlaban victims were brought to the hospital, but
80% were declared dead on arrival. Meanwhile, 162 victims were brought to funeral parlors,
either directly from the scene of the crime or after they were declared dead or died in a
hospital.
The Commission notes that only 31 incidents had records of police operatives
sustaining various forms of injuries. Police versions of the incidents revealed that most
operatives were wearing bulletproof vests which protected them from incurring serious or
fatal injuries when they were allegedly shot by the victims. In 12 incidents recorded where
the police operatives were allegedly hit by the resisting victims, their injuries were confined
to gunshot wounds in the hands, foot, legs, chest, and stomach.
In most of the operations conducted by the police to implement the government's
campaign against illegal drugs, police documents made available to the Commission
revealed that the minimum number of operatives assigned in the conduct of the operations
involved three (3) police operatives (poseur buyer, security, and backup). The poseur buyer
would oftentimes be accompanied by a confidential asset or informant who had liaised the
sale. This information is limited by the fact that for most CHR investigations, the only police
document made available is the blotter and/or spot report, which reveal very limited
information as to the identities and number of operatives.
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