What's more worrisome about Duterte is how he has overseen a vicious campaign of extrajudicial killings in the name of waging war against Philippine drug dealers and addicts. Local estimates put the number of people killed in his drug war at 2,400 in a span of two months. Police and vigilante groups are carrying out street executions, embracing what Duterte labeled his "shoot to kill" approach to drug dealing and drug use. The 71-year-old leader took office earlier this summer and hasn't been vague about his intent, telling a crowd in a Manila slum on the day of his inauguration, "If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself, as getting their parents to do it would be too painful."