ILOILO – He was inside his house sleeping when he got stabbed.
The 52-year-old farmer Edilberto Nobleza of Barangay Caridad, Jamindan, Capiz succumbed to mutilple stab wounds on the body, a police report showed.
The incident happened in the morning of Sept. 26.
Rodulfo Patricio, 70 – also a resident of the village – allegedly barged into Nobleza’s house through the backdoor and attacked the latter using a bladed weapon.
Officers from the Jamindan police station conducted a manhunt operation against the suspect, who fled after the stabbing.
They are looking into personal grudge as one of the motives in the crime./PN
