Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The Philippine Senate voted Tuesday to proceed with an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte's alleged ties to a so-called death squad.
Ten senators voted in a caucus to continue the probe, launched after retired Philippine National Police officer Arthur Lascanas implicated Duterte in activities of a group known as the Davao Death Squad. The vigilante group is believed to be responsible for the deaths of more than 1,000 people accused of crimes in Davao City from 1998 to 2008, when Duterte was mayor. Lascana accused Duterte of paying death squad members to kill alleged criminals.