Philippine drug war deaths pile up as Duterte admits losing control

Philippine police commanders on Wednesday revealed that 1,600 people had been killed in the past six months in the war on drugs, with the latest figures coming just days after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted having lost control of the crackdown. The latest figures from the Philippine National Police brings the official death count to more than 6,600. It immediately prompted campaigners to demand a full investigation into Duterte’s crackdown, which human rights groups claim may be…