ROXAS City – A 36-year-old man held hostage his one-year-old son and two others at Mejorada Subdivision in Barangay Inzo Arnaldo here around 6:30 a.m. yesterday.
When he was later subdued, Randy Ric Alipongan confessed to the police he took shabu on Tuesday.
He said he thought he was being chased by armed men so he held hostage his son at knifepoint, grabbed 86-year-old senior citizen Enriqueta Batuigas by the neck, then wounded Maria Elena Bareber on an arm.
Police Master Sergeant Ronie Recto of the Roxas City police station said retired police officer Alex Aldea helped negotiate for the suspect to surrender.
Alipongan was brought to the city police station.
The hostage victims were given first aid./PN
