Deaf-mute raped in Albay

LEGAZPI CITY ,Philippines  – A 14-year-old deaf-mute was raped Friday in Barangay Galicia in Rapu-Rapu, Albay, police reported yesterday.

Chief Inspector Nelson Cotino, Rapu-Rapu police chief, said the father of the victim hacked Cipriano Bataller Jr., 29, several times when he caught the suspect molesting his daughter in a grassy portion of their farm.

The father, however, stopped attacking Bataller when the latter pleaded for his life.

The suspect was detained at the Rapu-Rapu Jail while rape charges are being readied against him.