Majority of Filipinos fear falling victim to extrajudicial killings -- SWS

THERE are seven out of 10 Filipinos who fear that they or someone they know will become victims of extrajudicial killings amid the government’s ongoing war on drugs, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll released on Thursday showed.

The second quarter SWS survey from June 23 to 26 showed that 73 percent of the 1,200 adults in face-to-face interviews nationwide said they were worried that they or someone they know could get killed in the police's anti-drug operations; 41 percent were very worried; 32 percent answered that they were somewhat worried.