ORMOC CITY — A frustrated murder case has been filed against a 20-year-old jobless man who allegedly stabbed his neighbor without provocation on Tuesday evening, December 2, along Marcos Street in Barangay Yakal, Catarman in Northern Samar.
Police identified the victim as alias “Peds,” 21, single and unemployed, while the suspect was identified as alias “Jose,” also single and jobless, and a resident of the same barangay.
According to the report of the Catarman Municipal Police Station (MPS) to the regional headquarters of the Philippine National Police based in Palo, Leyte, the incident was brought to their attention at around 7:45 p.m. by the victim’s mother, alias “Elsa,” who said her son had already been rushed to the Northern Samar Provincial Hospital for treatment.
Initial police investigation revealed that the victim was standing outside their house when the suspect suddenly approached and stabbed him multiple times using a bladed weapon locally known as a ‘dipang’. The attack left the victim with wounds in the abdomen and right forearm.
Police responded immediately to the report and arrested the suspect at his residence. He was brought to the Catarman MPS for proper disposition and informed of the nature of his arrest as well as his constitutional rights in a language he understood.
A formal complaint for frustrated murder has been filed against the suspect who is now detained at the Catarman MPS lock-up facility.
(ROBERT DEJON)
