BACOLOD City – Misunderstanding triggered a man to stab another in Sitio Pulo, Barangay Tortosa, Manapla, Negros Occidental, police said.
The 27-year-old resident Dinnes Tarlac sustained a stab wound on the neck, a police report showed.
Tarlac was rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City where the attending physician pronounced him “dead on arrival.”
Police identified the suspect as the 26-year-old Reylan Hautea, also a resident of the village.
Tarlac and Hautea had an altercation which resulted in a fistfight outside a benefit dance around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, police said.
Hautea then attacked Tarlac using a bladed weapon.
Hautea escaped but was caught in a police hot pursuit operation. He was detained at the Manapla police station lockup facility./PN
