Image copyright APPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte launched an expletive-laden attack on the European Union after it condemned his brutal crackdown on crime.
Mr Duterte said the EU parliament was acting out of guilt after it called on him to halt "the current wave of extrajudicial executions and killings".
He said "hypocritical" former colonial powers like France and Britain were trying to atone for their own sins.
Since Mr Duterte took office on 30 June about 3,000 people have been killed.
They have been killed either by police or vigilantes, after the new president effectively sanctioned the murder of criminals and drugs dealers.
The killings have been widely condemned internationally.
The European Parliament said it was concerned about the "extraordinarily high numbers killed during police operations… in the context of an intensified anti-crime and anti-drug campaign", and asked Mr Duterte to launch an "immediate" investigation.
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But the president hit back angrily, saying the European Parliament"s colonial-era ancestors killed "thousands" of Arabs and other peoples.
"They"re taking the high ground to assuage their feelings of guilt. But who did I kill? Assuming it to be true – 1,700, who are they? Criminals. You call that genocide," he told officials in Davao.
"Now the EU has the gall to condemn me."
The 71-year-old – who has previously called US President Barack Obama a "son of a whore" and UN chief Ban Ki-moon a "fool" – also swore repeatedly, and raised his middle finger in a gesture of defiance.
Mr Duterte said on Sunday he needed to extend his crime war for another six months because the drug problem was worse than he expected, adding on Tuesday that he would shield police and soldiers from prosecution.
Philippines" Duterte in profanity-laden attack on "hypocritical" EU
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