'He was alive when they hammered the nails into his head': Bodies pile up in Philippines as Duterte's war on drugs continues after he told people to 'open funeral parlours'
- WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT
- Shocking pictures show the brutal reality of Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs
- Since July, 2,000 suspected drug dealers have been killed by police, and a further 3,000 deaths are being investigated
- Undertaker Alejandro Ormeneta said: 'This shouldn't happen'
- Duterte faces calls to punish police who act outside the law
Shocking pictures taken in morgues in the Philippines show the brutal realities of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs - months after he urged citizens to open funeral parlours and said: 'I'll supply the dead bodies'. Since July, police have killed more than 2,000 suspected drug dealers, while a further 3,000 deaths are being investigated, amid fears of extra-judicial murders. The president faces calls to punish police officers who act outside the law, and even funeral parlour owners believe the killings are out of control.
A Manila funeral parlour worker arranges cadavers in various stages of decomposition
Undertaker Alejandro Ormeneta said he and his colleagues retrieve an average of five corpses a night
Manila undertaker Alejandro Ormeneta said he and his colleagues retrieve an average of five corpses a night. In one instance, the 47-year-old told AFP, he had to take three nails out of the skull of an alleged drug dealer. 'This shouldn't happen, they are people, not animals,' he said. 'I think he was still alive when they hammered the nails. They tied him up first, put tape around his head, then hammered the nails in... that must have been so painful. I felt so sorry for him.'
Ormeneta getting formalin from a drum and preparing embalming instruments before operating on a body in the morgue
Since July, police have killed more than 2,000 suspected drug dealers, while a further 3,000 deaths are being investigated, amid fears of extrajudicial
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