CEBU, Philippines – A 20-year-old nursing student suffered injuries in the head and body after an unidentified man went inside her room and tried to rape her before taking away her things in Sitio Katangkungan, Barangay Sambag I yesterday dawn.
Relia Mae Abao Gadgode, a native of Camiguin Island, is currently recovering from the wounds she got when she tried to free herself from the robber-rapist.
The police learned that she was asleep inside her rented room along Aznar Road at around 1 a.m. when a man, armed with a knife, passed through the ceiling to go inside unnoticed.
The victim woke up as the man pointed the knife at her neck. He took her two Nokia cellular phones, one worth amounting to P5,000.
The robber then pulled her blanket and demanded that she take her clothes off but the victim fought back by grabbing the kitchen knife. She wounded her right hand as they grappled for the knife.
The robber kicked her on the stomach and when she fell on the floor, banged her head on the floor twice.
The man fled through the ceiling.
The victim, on the other hand, was taken to the Sacred Heart Hospital where she was treated of her wounds to her neck and right hand.
The victim could not identify the burglar except that he wore a bull cap and concealed his face with a shirt.
In a separate incident, a 13-year-old girl was deceived by a fellow jeepney passenger who pretended to be her relative while they she was on her way home from the University of San Carlos North Campus.
The girl lost her jewelry and cash amounting to almost P100,000 in Barangay Camputhaw.
The girl was on her way home when a woman, who introduced herself as Melody Mativo, befriended her and pretended to be a relative of her mother.
During their conversation, the suspect convinced the victim to let her borrow a pair of gold earrings, four necklaces with pendant, and one bracelet.
They both went to JY Square where the woman disappeared with the pieces of jewelry. - Niña G. Sumacot and Vina D. Damayo, PIT Intern/JPM (FREEMAN)