CEBU, Philippines - Police officials in Lapu-Lapu City are now going after an older brother who knocked down his sibling dead last week.
Senior Police Officer 2 Manilito Abellanosa of Lapu-Lapu City Police Office said a certain 27-year-old victim, Brian Tampus, who resided in Sitio Ibabao, Barangay Agus in the mentioned city got home drunk due to alcohol intoxication resulting to disturbing behavior.
His mother tried to caution him against his brother but Brian did not bother to listen.
His 37-year-old brother, Roselito Tampus, who lived in the same place started to get annoyed at Brian and forcefully punched him straight on the head.
The victim fell on the ground unconscious. The Tampuses immediately stood between them and rushed Brian to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
A thorough police investigation was made and police are still in the hunt for the victim's sibling.
Bridge waters claim second drowning fatality in one week
A man who did not know how to swim succumbed to drowning yesterday dawn in the waters under the Marcelo Fernan Bridge.
It was the second drowning incident recorded in the area within a span of one week.
Fish vendor Jayson Maloloy-on, 20 years old, who resided in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Pusok in Lapu-Lapu City was found floating dead at the Mactan Channel around 5 o'clock in the morning.
According to PO1 Anthony Piencenaves of Lapu-Lapu City Police Office Homicide Section, Maloloy-on was seen swimming with three other friends in the area at 10 a.m Tuesday with the use of Styrofoam as improvised floater.
His friends reportedly swam towards the other side of the channel near the Mandaue City area, leaving Maloloy-on behind.
Police claimed the victim may have accidentally released the foam and then submerged to the water.
Residents reportedly saw the incident and attempted to rescue Maloloy-on, but it was too late as the victim had already drowned.
Police officials will conduct go follow up investigation regarding the incident. The body of the victim was brought to Shoreline Funeral Homes.
Last April 2, a maritime police applicant also died after he drowned when he went swimming near his bunkhouse under the same bridge.
Edidon Diaz, 27, of Iloilo City was among the 30 Philippine National Police maritime applicants who are currently billeted at the Maritime-7 headquarters in Lapu-Lapu City for a weeklong training before they proceed to Manila for another series of exercises.
Police Officer 3 Lydo Pinos of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office Homicide Section revealed prior to the incident, Diaz and two of his colleagues, also applicants of PNP Maritime Office, namely Yasser Sausuna, 27, and David Mumbai, 21, both of Aljuy, Iloilo City, went swimming at 10:45 a.m. based on the closed-circuit television camera file.
After 10 minutes, according to Sausuna and Mumbai, they went out of the water and went back to the bunkhouse.
Without their knowledge, Diaz went back to the water and again started swimming.
The CCTV file video recorded that at 11:05 a.m., Diaz was seen again swimming but at 11:08 Diaz submerged and never surfaced anymore.
It was during lunchtime that both Sausuna and Mumbai noticed Diaz was not around, thus they began looking for him.
While searching, they remembered that there was a CCTV nearby and this prompted them to review it and that's how they found that the victim might have drowned.
He was then seen lying unconscious on the seabed and brought ashore.
The friends immediately sought the help of their superiors and the victim was rushed to Lapu-Lapu City Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival by an attending physician.
Although police initial investigation disclosed that there was no foul play over his death, Diaz's body was still subjected to an autopsy to determine the real cause of his death. — (FREEMAN)