Kian Lyod De los Santos

17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos was killed a few days ago, adding to the increasing bloody statistics of President Duterte’s war on drugs. Kian, the police said, fired at the cops, which compelled them to return fire.

Witnesses, however, belied the claims of the cops, saying that the victim was handed a gun, told to fire it and run before Kian was peppered with bullets. A 13-year-old witness even saw Kian pleading to the police while being punched and slapped to stop because he still has an examination the following day. A CCTV footage also revealed a young man being dragged away by cops in plainclothes to the same spot where Kian was found dead.

In their posts, Filipino netizens have expressed their doubts over the same-old “nanlaban” narrative of the police who claimed that the slain Grade 11 student resisted arrest and fired at the cops. They are demanding that justice be served for Kian.