ILOILO City – Old grudge was seen as the motive in the hacking of a couple in Barangay Pandanan, Patnongon, Antique, police said.
The 44-year-old Joseph Besanes and his wife Jerose, 38, sustained hack wounds on the body, a police report showed. They received treatment at the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital in San Jose, Antique.
The suspects were identified as Raymond Alagos, 22; his younger brother Valentin, 17; and Junie Alagos, 47, the report added.
Police investigators said prior to the hacking, there was an altercation between the couple and the suspects around 9:30 p.m. on June 3.
Officers of the Pantongon police station have yet to arrest the suspects, who fled after the incident./PN
