Teen shot, stabbed in QC

MANILA, Philippines –  A 14-year-old boy was found dead from gunshot and stab wounds in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City at past midnight yesterday.

Crime scene operatives said Michael Albao, a sixth-grader at the Sakamel Elementary School, was shot several times in the head and stabbed once in the back.

Police Officer 1 Hermogenes Capili said Albao was found by resident Rodel Ferrer along Sunflower Alley at around 1:20 a.m.

Ferrer told police he was hanging around the area when he heard what he thought were firecrackers before he found the body.

Capili said they found a spent shell from a .9mm pistol at the crime scene. Police are investigating if the boy was killed as part of a gang war.