Girl, 5, survives drug addict’s savage attack in Navotas

A five-year-old girl is now fighting for her life at a hospital for multiple slash and stab wounds after being attacked by a drug-crazed man past midnight yesterday in Navotas.

The victim’s mother, Rosalinda Dizon, 33, a resident of Barangay Navotas West, told police her daughter remains in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit of the Tondo Medical Center.

The girl’s tongue was almost severed from three slash wounds. Her neck also had at least seven deep slash wounds. She suffered from at least 61 knife wounds in different parts of the body, police said.

PO3 Cesazrio Naturaliza Jr., officer-on-case, said the girl and her mother were attending the birthday party of a relative on Satillan street in Barangay San Jose when the incident took place.

At 12:30 a.m., a neighbor informed the mother that her daughter was found bloodied at a dimly lit portion of the street, not far from where the party was being held.

A witness said a man, described to be around 5’7’’ in height and about 20 to 25 years old, was walking with the girl.

Police said the suspect could have been high on drugs when he committed the savage act. There were, however, no indications of sexual abuse.

Barangay San Jose has been one of the areas in Navotas being closely watched by authorities due to its drug problem.

Last July 16, a rape-slay victim was discovered buried at the public cemetery.

Suspect Joel Cortan, the girl’s neighbor and a known drug dependent, remains at large.

Barangay San Jose has a total of 20 watchmen in the barangay.