Butcher slain by butcher in Pasay City

A 31-year-old butcher was stabbed dead by a drunken colleague who accused him of having an affair with his wife in Pasay City yesterday morning.

Pascual Datul, married, a native of Santa Maria, Isabela, and resident of 417 Tengco St., Pasay City, succumbed to stab wounds all over his body while being rushed to the Pasay City General Hospital.

Police are now looking for the suspect who was identified only as "Buboy" Cuello, a stay-in butcher at the meat section of the Pasay City public market along Taft Avenue corner Libertad street in Pasay.

Senior Police Officer 2 Eduardo Cabria said the incident occurred at around 6 a.m. in the noisy and crowded public market.

Datul was standing idly by, taking a break, when Cuello suddenly arrived very drunk, shouting insults at him.

In the ensuing verbal tussle, Cuello accused Datul of having an affair with his wife.

Amidst his accusations, Cuello suddenly pulled out a butcher’s knife and repeatedly stabbed Datul who failed to parry his thrusts.

Cuello fled after the stabbing while Datul was rushed by meat vendors and fellow butchers to the hospital. – Rainier Allan Ronda