Stabbing hurts two in Mactan incidents

CEBU, Philippines - Two people were injured, including a subdivision manager, in separate stabbing incidents in Mactan Island.

Police identified the victims as Arnel Rivera, 27, resident of Barangay Gabi Cordova and Milky Manango, 26, resident of Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City.

Rivera, manager of Ahoya Subdivision in Cordova, sustained multiple stab wounds in his body after the subdivision’s electrician, Jun Cervantes, stabbed him several times Friday morning.

Cervantes, 30, and Rivera reportedly had an argument over their work at the subdivision prior to the stabbing incident. Initial police investigation shows that the suspect pulled out a bladed weapon in the middle of the argument and attacked the victim.

The suspect fled after the incident while the victim was rushed to Lapu-Lapu District Hospital where he is currently recuperating. A hot pursuit operation was conducted but the police failed to arrest the suspect.

In another incident, Manango also sustained several stab wounds in the back after three men attacked him yesterday dawn in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City.

The police identified the suspects as Eleuterio Cleopas Jr., 22; Anton Bonghanoy; and a certain Genio all residents of the said barangay.

According to the police, the victim came from a beer house when he met the suspects on his way home. Police investigators have yet to establish the motive of the crime, but, witnesses told the police that a fistfight happened between the victim and the three suspects.

But since the victim was outnumbered he suffered heavy beatings and sustained stab wounds. The witness immediately rushed the victim to the hospital after the suspects left. – /FPL