Rodrigo Duterte in ICC custody after arrival in the Netherlands

Former Philippine president expected in court within days as daughter accuses Manila government of ‘kidnapping’

Rodrigo Duterte has landed in the Netherlands and been taken into the custody of the international criminal court (ICC) on allegations of overseeing death squads in his bloody “war on drugs”.

The former president of the Philippines was arrested in Manila on Tuesday and placed on a private jet to Rotterdam by police. The plane landed on Wednesday afternoon and taxied into a hangar. An ambulance dropped medics nearby before they wheeled a gurney inside the aircraft.