BBCPhilippine police have arrested former president Rodrigo Duterte, acting on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant following an investigation into his deadly “war on drugs”.
Duterte was arrested by police in Manila airport shortly after his arrival from Hong Kong.
Duterte’s brutal anti-drugs crackdown, which occured when he was president of the South East Asian nation from 2016 to 2022, saw thousands of people killed.
The 79-year-old had earlier said he was ready to go to prison, when responding to reports of his possible arrest.
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