BACOLOD City – A cop was stabbed in Barangay Talubangi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
Staff Sergeant John Perez, 54, of Barangay 1, Kabankalan City sustained stabbed wounds on the body, police said.
Resident Noel Bautista, 33, was tagged suspect, the police added.
According to police investigators, Perez was on duty in the area when he was stabbed by Bautista using a broken beer bottle around 9:30 a.m. on May 11.
But the motive in the incident was not immediately established.
Perez was brought to the Lorenzo D. Zayco District Hospital in Kabankalan City and is now in stable condition.
Bautista, meanwhile, was detained in the lockup facility of the Kabankalan City police station, facing charges./PN
