THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Efforts to arrest a Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court on a charge of murder as a crime against humanity led to a burst of gunfire Wednesday and a standoff in the Senate building.No one was hurt during the tense scene in Manila. It came two days after the court based in The Hague unsealed an arrest warrant for Ronald Marapon dela Rosa, who served as national police chief under former President Rodrigo Duterte and helped carry out his anti-drug crackdowns in which thousands of mostly petty suspects were killed.Issued in November, the warrant charges dela Rosa with the crime against humanity of murder of no fewer than 32 people between July 2016 and the end of April 2018, when he led the police force.Dela Rosa, 64, has vowed to fight the ICC arrest order and said he would seek all legal remedies.
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AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports gunfire breaks out in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a lawmaker, suspected of crimes against humanity when the country was run by Rodrigo Duterte.
The ICC had no immediate comment on the events in Manila.
