METRO Manila has the biggest number of drug killings since the police launched intensified operations against drug users and peddlers in July, records showed.

From July 1 to October 7, 1,034 drug suspects have been killed nationwide, figures from the Directorate for Investigative and Detective Management of the Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed. Of this number, 334 were killed in Metro Manila.

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