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Duterte unshaken by alleged kill plot: spokesman

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/8/20/duterte-082016.jpg"/></figure></div><div><span style="line-height:1.6">MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is unperturbed by an alleged assassination threat against him that was bared Thursday by a suspected gunrunner, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said.</span></div><p><span style="line-height:1.6">Abella said such threats are &quot;not new&quot; to the President and that he</span> &quot;eats&quot; these for breakfast.</p><p>&quot;He seems to be pretty much untouched by all these threats. Not worried. Concerned but not worried,&quot; the official said.</p><p>Duterte will also not lessen his provincial trips, Abella added.<br/><br/>A firearms smuggling suspect, who is now under police custody, claimed Thursday that one of his syndicate’s customers was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/01/16/gun-smuggling-suspect-reveals-alleged-duterte-kill-plot">planning to kill the President</a>.</p><p>Wilford Palma said the customer, whom he did not identify, ordered “low-end” gun parts for Duterte&#x27;s assassination.</p><p>An estimated P4.5 million in gun parts were seized from Palma and his boss in Bacolod City.</p><p>Duterte earlier claimed that high-profile drug lords have raised as much as P1 billion to have him killed, along with police chief, Director General Ronald dela Rosa and other officials.</p><div><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/06/24/16/duterte-says-he-will-match-drug-lords-bounty"><strong>Duterte says he will match drug lords&#x27; bounty</strong></a></div><p>A group of drug lords detained at the Maximum Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prison has since denied plotting to kill the Chief Executive.<br/><br/><strong>-- Report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN NEws</strong></p><figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1464498" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure>

<p>President Duterte is unperturbed by an alleged assassination threat against him that was bared Thursday by a suspected gunrunner, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said. </p>

President Duterte is unperturbed by an alleged assassination threat against him that was bared Thursday by a suspected gunrunner, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said.