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Senate security clear the area of media as gunshots were fired at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
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A burst of gunfire rang out in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs. Officials said no one was hurt. It was not immediately clear who fired the shots late Wednesday or why. The gunfire erupted as Philippine authorities tried to arrest Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, a former national police chief who enforced former President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug efforts in which thousands of mostly petty suspects were killed from 2016 to 2018.
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