Woman, 4 kids hacked to death
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Five people, including four children, were hacked to death by a spurned admirer of one of the victims’ sister in Atimonan, Quezon Thursday night, police said.
Superintendent Ronnie Miralles, Atimonan police chief, identified the victims as Elizabeth de la Torre, 27, and her children Elisa, three; Arvin, five; and Aizlli Nicole, four months; and their neighbor Rose Marie San Juan, 12.
Police said the victims were on their way home after playing in a nearby peryahan when the suspect, Mario Banal, attacked them with a bolo at around
Banal escaped, but was arrested in his house yesterday.
Banal admitted to the police that he killed the victims because he was angry with
Miralles said Banal initially planned to kill
Distraught, Banal drank several bottles of beer at a nearby sari-sari store before turning his ire on
Miralles said his men recovered the murder weapon and Banal’s bloodstained shirt in his house.
He said the suspect suffered wounds on the hands as the victims apparently fought back.
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