A 21-year-old man was hacked dead at Sitio Aglahog, Brgy. Mahalang, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, early Monday morning, Feb. 23.
The victim, a laborer and resident of Brgy. Mahalang, sustained a hack wound on the nape and a stab wound on the abdomen.
The Himamaylan City Police Station said they received the report at around 6:45 a.m. from a barangay kagawad on the discovery of the victim’s body.
Police investigation showed that the victim was drinking with a companion inside his residence prior to the incident.
Police said the victim’s live-in partner and her mother-in-law briefly left the house to get coffee and found the victim seriously wounded upon their return.
Authorities said the victim was still able to ask for help but later succumbed to his injuries.
The victim’s drinking companion told police that he was awakened only by the cries of the victim’s live-in partner.*
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