Meet The Female Assassin Hired By Philippines Govt To Kill Drug Dealers.

A female assassin is being hired by the Philippines Government at a rate £330 a hit to murder drug dealers in the country's war on drugs. Maria - not her real name - has spoken about she has been taking out contract killings after being enlisted by her husband, a Manilla police officer, for President Rodrigo Duterte's battle against drugs.

She has revealed she has killed six people in the past two year as part of a hit team of three women - who are preferred as they do not attract suspicion like men.

Maria described her first hit and the fears she has for her life in an interview with the BBC. She said;

'When I got near this person, who owed a lot to my boss, I went up close, and then shot him,'. 'The next time I killed was after President Duterte was elected. Since then I have killed five people. 'That's six in all.'

Maria, originally from a poor neighborhood of Manilla, moved around constantly and would fear for her life if she tried to quit the assassin role.

She said: "I feel guilty and it is hard on my nerves. I don't want the families of those I have killed to come after me. "I do not want them (her children) to come back at us and say that they got to live because we killed for money.

About 2,000 people have been killed since he took office two months ago on a vow to crack down on drugs.