Mother, 5-year-old child hacked to death

MANILA, Philippines—A mother and her five-year-old daughter were found hacked to death inside their home in Calatagan town before dawn Friday, Batangas, police said.

Marialyn Sangalang, 25, and her daughter Kim were discovered dead inside their residence in Bagong Silang village, Superintendent Nicolas Torre III, spokesman of the Batangas provincial police.

Torre said that a town officer called authorities around 3:20 a.m.
The sustained multiple hack wounds in their bodies, said Torre.

The Calatagan town police were investigating the killing.