ILOILO City – A police officer faces investigation. He allegedly mauled two suspects in a stabbing case in Barangay Ilaya Poblacion, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo on Saturday.
Police Staff Sergeant Jose Friday Fernandez was a resident of Barotac Nuevo and assigned at the Police Security Protection Group in Camp Crame, headquarters of the Philippine National Police.
A video of the alleged mauling prompted the Barotac Nuevo police chief, Major Romel Sarona, to order an investigation although the two men who were supposedly mauled did not file a complaint.
“We are investigating the incident. We saw the video taken by an unidentified concerned citizen showing Fernandez hitting the two men,” said Sarona.
Sarona identified the two men as Aljohn Teologia, 28, and Archie Lachica, 22, suspects in the stabbing of Dosano brothers Jannie, 29, and Aurelio, 28, both of Barangay Agcuyawan Calsada, Barotac Nuevo, and the brothers’ friend Robert Joscon, also of Barangay Agcuyawan Calsada.
According to Sarona, the video showed Fernandez running toward Teologia and Lachica following the stabbing.
Meanwhile, the Dosano brothers and Joscon were treated at the Don Jose S. Monfort Medical Center for stab wounds./PN
