BACOLOD City – A birthday drinking spree has turned fatal for a man in Barangay Laga-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
The 39-year-old resident Renato Casilao died of hack wounds on the body, a police report showed.
Police identified the suspect as 26-year-old resident Jerwin Patajo, the report added.
According to police investigators, Casilao and Patajo were having a drinking spree when a heated argument ensued between them around 2 a.m. on Feb. 1. They had a fist fight.
This prompted Patajo to hack Casilao using a bolo, police said.
It was not immediately established what triggered the altercation.
Patajo was detained in the lockup cell of the Calatrava municipal police station, facing charges./PN
