Global vs National sources
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4 cases Global sources
Assassinations in the Philippines were driven mainly by political motives with high degrees of overlap with organized crime motives. This is mainly explained by the sheer number of killings under the President Duterte administration’s ‘war on drugs’. Targets were frequently from the criminal justice sector, but also politicians, activists and human rights defenders, specifically in Central Visayas and Central Luzon. In some of the cases, reference to the President's ‘Narco List’ was expressly made.
Main statistics
Motive
2 (50%)
Organized crime
Target Group
2 (50%)
Media
Gender
4 (100%)
Male
Method
4 (100%)
Shot
Number of cases over time
Distribution of case numbers by category
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motive
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Time series
target group
Jan
Feb
target group
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
1 cases
- Politics & governance (1)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
target group
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Politics & governance (1)
Aug
Set
target group
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Media (1)
Oct
Nov
target group
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Media (1)
Dec
2020
Time series
motive
Jan
Feb
motive
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
1 cases
- Organized crime (1)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
motive
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Political (1)
Aug
Set
motive
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Organized crime (1)
Oct
Nov
motive
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Political (1)
Dec
2020
Time series
method
Jan
Feb
method
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
method
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Aug
Set
method
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Oct
Nov
method
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Shot (1)
Dec
2020
Time series
perpetrator
Jan
Feb
perpetrator
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
perpetrator
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Hitmen (1)
Aug
Set
perpetrator
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Not reported (1)
Oct
Nov
perpetrator
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Hitmen (1)
Dec
2020
Time series
gender
Jan
Feb
gender
Feb-2020
Feb-2020
1 cases
- Male (1)
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
gender
Jul-2020
Jul-2020
1 cases
- Male (1)
Aug
Set
gender
Set-2020
Set-2020
1 cases
- Male (1)
Oct
Nov
gender
Nov-2020
Nov-2020
1 cases
- Male (1)