ICC charges ex-Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte with 3 counts of murder

Court accuses him of orchestrating killings as 'indirect co-perpetrator'

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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte pictured in February in Manila. © Reuters

RAMON ROYANDOYAN

MANILA -- The International Criminal Court has charged former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with three counts of murder for the killing of alleged suspects during his campaign against drugs, including one when he was mayor of the southern city of Davao before he was elected as the country's leader.

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