October 3, 2016

"Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte apologized Sunday for his controversial comparison of his war against suspected drug offenders to Adolf Hitler's extermination of Jews during World War II.

President Duterte explained it was never his intention to hurt the feelings of the Jewish community and his comments Friday were in response to critics who compared him to Hitler.

'The people said this Duterte is Hitler, this is killer and so I said in the airport when I arrived, all right I am Duterte, I am a killer. The Jewish community all over the world reacted,' the official Philippines News Agency (PNA) translated his comments in Tagalog as saying."

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