One dead, three hurt in violent encounters

A man was killed while two others were injured in three separate incidents in the towns of Bantayan, Consolacion and Alcoy last Wednesday.

The first incident happened in barangay Luyong Baybay, Bantayan, where a man was killed after he was stabbed by his neighbor.

PO3 Roberto Lobo of the Bantayan police said Felicisimo Siagara Abarido, 70, was stabbed dead by Joey Garriado Bacaro, 45, in different parts of the body and killed instantly.

Lobo said the motive was not yet clear although there are reports that the two have grudges against each other.

After the stabbing, Bacaro surrendered himself to a barangay councilman who later brought him to the police.

In barangay Poblacion, Alcoy, Jose Catulpos, 18, was stabbed by John Purgatorio, 18, while standing in front of a store in the public market of the same barangay.

SPO1 Nestor Bayang of Alcoy Police Station said that the victim and the suspect were once co-workers of a certain establishment.

Last Wednesday night, while Catulpos was coming home from work, he saw Purgatorio standing beside a cargo truck.

Thinking that the suspect no longer held resentment against him, he asked the suspect if he had seen his cell phone.  But instead of answering the question, Purgatorio pulled out a plamingko and stabbed the victim.

Catulpos was hit in the abdomen and brought to the hospital.

PO3 Dexter Basirgo, who was waiting for a bus at that time, saw the incident and arrested the suspect immediately.

The suspect was brought to the Alcoy Police Station while a case of frustrated homicide is set to be filed against him.

Meanwhile, along the National Highway in barangay Pitogo Consolacion, Seigfred Mesoles was stabbed in the chest with a pair of scissors by a jeepney driver identified as Eddie Meca, alias “Agu”.

PO2 Ryan Heyrosa of the Consolacion police said that the victim boarded the jeepney driven by Meca from Liloan bound for Consolacion.  Mesoles reportedly gave P20 for his fare while Meca gave him back P10 as change.

“Nasuko ni ang biktima kay ngano P10 lang daw,” Heyrosa said, adding that the driver explained that there was already a fare increase for jeepneys from Lilona to Consolacion.

The two got into an argument and eventually exchanged blows, but the driver eventually found a pair of scissors and stabbed the victim who was rushed to the hospital.

“Wala tingali kapugong ang driver, nakakita og gunting, gidunggab,” Heyrosa said.

The suspect was brought to Consolacion police station while a case of frustrated homicide is set to be filed against him.  — Joy Kareen T. Saliente/BRP