ILOILO City – They were having a drinking spree when his uncle stabbed him in Barangay Tuburan, Oton, Iloilo.
The 30-year-old resident Mico Sale was rushed to the Western Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao district.
Sale sustained three stab wounds – one on the stomach, neck and left armpit, a police report showed.
Police identified the suspect as Jonel Espaldon, who was arrested and detained in the lockup cell of the Oton municipal police station.
The stabbing happened around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, the report stated. An altercation between Espaldon and Sale ensued while they were binge drinking at a store owned by their relative.
It was not immediately clear what the altercation was about./PN