ILOILO City – Their drinking buddy was accused of stabbing a traffic enforcer and his brother in Barangay San Juan, Molo district.
The traffic enforcer, 36-year-old Mark Anthony Benedicto, and brother Hector, 40, were confined at the Western Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao district.
Mark Anthony was wounded on the stomach while Hector was hit on the right side of the body during the incident at around 10 p.m. Monday, a police report showed.
The brothers were residents of the same barangay in Molo.
Police identified the suspect as Allan Abella. The 33-year-old resident of the same village was arrested and detained at the Molo police station.
The Benedicto brothers were binge-drinking along a road when Abella passed by, stated the police report.
Abella joined the brothers. When he chipped in P100 to buy more liquor, the victims told Abella the liquor he drank already cost the same amount, investigation showed.
The heated argument that ensued led to the stabbing, said the police./PN
