BACOLOD City – A woman was killed and
another was wounded in a hacking incident in Barangay San Benito, Calatrava,
Negros Occidental.
Police identified the fatality as 70-year-old resident Estrilla Pinili.
The 53-year-old Julita Alibiado – resident of the village – sustained multiple
hack wounds on the body, police said.
Renato De-erio, 39, of Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava was tagged suspect.
According to police investigators, De-erio
was having a drinking spree at the house of his brother when he hacked Pinili
and Alibiado using a bolo around 3:30
p.m. on April 21.
It was, however, not immediately established what circumstances led to the
incident.
Pinili and Alibiado were rushed to the
Calatrava District Hospital where the attending physician declared the former
as dead on arrival.
Officers of the Calatrava municipal police
conducted a manhunt operation against De-erio, who fled after the hacking./PN
