A man was stabbed dead by an unidentified suspect at a public dance hall or “diskohan” during a fiesta in Brgy. Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, early Sunday morning, April 27.
Killed was Edgardo Genobata, 35, of Purok Pilipihon in Brgy Tapi.
Kabankalan Deputy Police Chief Sammy Gasataya said that there was a commotion inside the dance hall between the victim and the suspect, which led to the stabbing of Genobata in the abdomen.
The victim was brought to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival due to serious injuries, he said.
The suspect fled.*