Wife, mom-in-law hacked for nagging

A jobless man hacked and wounded his wife and mother-in-law with a jungle bolo after he got fed up with their nagging over his drinking habit in Parañaque City Monday night, the police said.

Victim Delma Bernales, 30, housewife, suffered a deep hack wound in the head and lost four of her fingers; while her mother Conchita Calsaja, 51, sustained hack wounds in her jaw. Both are undergoing medical treatment at the Philippine General Hospital.

Police are now looking for the suspect, Edito Bernales, 33, who escaped after the incident.

Investigation conducted by Senior Police Officer 2 Bert Parena, investigator-on-case, showed the hacking occurred at around 9:30 p.m. at Calsaja’s house where the couple are also staying.

Before the incident, it was learned that the two victims were ganging up on Edito, scolding him for coming home drunk and for failing to find a job.

At the height of the tongue-lashing, Edito reportedly grabbed a jungle bolo and hacked the victims.

Meanwhile, a body of a suspected male "salvage" victim was dumped along a street in front of a hospital in Pasay City yesterday morning.

The corpse was dropped from an Isuzu Hi-Lander van with no license plates along a sidewalk along Donata street, in Pasay City in front of the Manila Sanitarium, at around 8 a.m., witnesses said.

The victim was wearing a white shirt and brown pants and had a gash wound on the back of his head that was believed to be his mortal wound. – Rainier Allan Ronda