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Duterte touts donated rifles from China: ‘Yun ang nakakuha sa dalawa


President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday touted the rifle donations of China, saying these were instrumental in the operations of security forces.

“China, dalawang beses na naglipad dito para sa… And ‘yung sniper [rifle] nila was of great help. ‘Yung mahaba nila na sniper [rifle]. ‘Yun ang nakakuha kay ano—‘yung dalawa ng madaling araw,” Duterte said, who was berating the New People’s Army while boasting of an upcoming Kalashnikov rifle donation from Russia when he made the remark.

“‘Yun ang nakakuha, it’s about a distance of about one kilometer. Isang kilometro ‘yun eh. Eh walang hangin pagka umaga. ‘Yun ang nagamit natin,” he added.

Duterte's remarks come a day after terrorist leaders Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon were killed by government troops in Marawi City on Monday. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Eduardo Año on Monday said that a sniper's shot to the head finished off Maute, while Hapilon was killed by gunshots to the chest.

China in June donated P370 million worth of arms and ammunition, including units of the TY-85 7.62 mm sniper rifle, CS/LR4A high precision rifle, and CQ-A5 5.56 automatic rifle.

Philippine National Police Senior Superintendent Rolando Anduyan said cops assigned in Marawi were using at least 210 M-4 type 5.56 rifles and one Dragunuv sniper rifle from China. —JST, GMA News

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