Duterte threatens to declare martial law, citing reported attacks on soldiers delivering coronavirus aid, and warns that 'there will be no turning back'

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• Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened on Thursday to enforce martial law across the country, citing reported attacks on soldiers delivering coronavirus aid by communist rebels.
• "I am now warning everybody, I am putting notice to the armed forces and police," he said during a coronavirus press conference on Friday morning local time, adding that there would be "no turning back" from the measure once in place.
• Duterte has taken an aggressive approach to curb the coronavirus spread in the Philippines and has threatened to "shoot dead" those who flout the country's lockdown restrictions. 
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened on Thursday to enforce martial law across the country, citing reported attacks on soldiers delivering coronavirus aid by communist rebels.

Speaking at a televised coronavirus press conference on Friday morning local time, Duterte said there would be "no turning back" from the measure once in place.

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