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**WARNING: Some pictures below contain images of dead bodies**

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The newly-elected president ordered civilians to join police in gunning down dealers in a campaign speech.

Since he came to power on June 30, the official death toll of alleged drug dealers is almost 300.

According to police data, 293 suspected users and pushers were killed during police operations between July 1 and July 24.

But experts believe that the true figure is likely to be higher.

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Human rights groups have said that does not include countless people murdered by vigilantes in street executions.

Also victims who have no one to report them missing could remain unnoticed.

This includes family members or friends who are scared they might be persecuted if connected to an alleged criminal.

The horrific results of Duterte’s crackdown have been captured in disturbing photographs of bodies spread across the streets and dumped among rubbish in shanty towns.

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Pleased with the progress, President Duterte has urged civilians and police to continue in the war against drugs.

“Double your efforts. Triple them if need be,” he said in a message to police.

“We will not stop until the last drug lord, the last financier and the last pusher have surrendered or been put behind bars ... or below ground if you wish.”

According to his election promise, Duterte hopes to execute 100,000 people associated with the drugs trade by the beginning of next year.

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To encourage civilians to participate in the killings, he has pledged huge bounties in exchange for bodies.

The payments are issued based on the desirability of the target.

Killing a drug lord offers the top price with a person receiving up to three million pesos (£48,370) for their work.

Condemning the killings, Manila Auxiliary Bishop Pabillo said there is no proof the victims were engaged in drug trafficking.

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He said: “No one told us that, aside from the cardboards placed on top of them.

“Can we correct evil by doing evil?”

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raad Zeid al-Hussein, has appealed to Duterte to end the murderous crackdown.