ORMOC CITY– A 23-year-old construction worker was wounded in an unprovoked stabbing during a fiesta celebration in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Patag, around 4:50 a.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
Police identified the victim as alias “Lee,” a resident of Barangay Talisayan, Albuera, Leyte. The suspect, alias “Gar,” 29, also a construction worker, resides in Barangay Patag, Ormoc City.
Based on the report from Ormoc City Police Station 6, the victim was heading to a friend’s house to help prepare a pig for the celebration when the suspect confronted him, declaring in the local dialect, “Ako ang gahi dinhi sa amo lugar” (“I’m the tough one around here”). Without warning, the suspect allegedly pulled an ice pick from his motorcycle’s U-box and stabbed the victim twice—once in the head and once in the right hand.
The victim was rushed to Ormoc District Hospital, while the suspect was arrested on the spot and placed under police custody for proper disposition.
(ELVIE ROMAN ROA)
