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For­mer Philip­pine Pres­i­dent Ro­dri­go Duterte was ar­rest­ed Tues­day on a war­rant from the In­ter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court ac­cus­ing him of crimes against hu­man­i­ty over dead­ly an­ti-drugs crack­downs he over­saw while in of­fice, the Philip­pine gov­ern­ment said.

Live from Vil­lam­or Air­base in Mani­la af­ter for­mer Philip­pine Pres­i­dent Ro­dri­go Duterte was ar­rest­ed by po­lice, ac­cord­ing to the Philip­pine gov­ern­ment.

Duterte was tak­en in­to cus­tody at the Mani­la In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port af­ter ar­riv­ing from Hong Kong with his fam­i­ly, be­com­ing the first for­mer Asian leader to be ar­rest­ed by the glob­al court. He was lat­er dri­ven to the near­by Vil­lam­or Air Base. It was un­clear where he would be tak­en next by au­thor­i­ties.