Philippines Vice President Duterte claims to have contracted the killing of the country's president
VICE-president of the Philippines Sara Duterte claimed on Saturday to have contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed.
In a pre-dawn, expletive-laden online news conference, an angry Ms Duterte accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of incompetence and lying, along with his wife and the House speaker.
When asked by reporters about concerns over her security, the vice-president suggested there was an unspecified plot to kill her.
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