Teacher cheats death after suspect slashes her neck

SAN NICOLAS, Pangasinan – A kindergarten teacher escaped death after her neck was slashed and her face was smashed with a wooden object by her assassin who tried but failed to rape her along the ricefield in Barangay Poblacion East this town around 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Police Senior Inspector Mike Daskeo, town police chief, told The STAR that Daisy Mejia, 20, a kindergarten school teacher was walking alone in an isolated area when an unidentified suspect suddenly pulled her and tried to rape her but she shouted and fought back.

Her attacker slashed her neck and hit her face several times with a wooden object.

A passerby helped her and brought her to a hospital.

The incident was immediately reported to the police.

As of yesterday morning, Daskeo said Mejia who was transferred to a hospital in Dagupan City was already in stable condition and could already talk.

Daskeo said he had taken photos of farmers harvesting rice in the area for possible identification of the victim as possible suspect.   – Eva Visperas