6 teenagers rescued from hazing in Bacolod

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines—Six teenagers were rescued by the police from hazing by fraternity men at a house in Barangay (village) Alijis, Bacolod City, on Thursday.

The teenagers, aged 18, 17 and 16, whose names were withheld by the police, are residents of the cities of Silay, Victorias, Talisay and Bacolod and the towns of Murcia and La Castellana, Bacolod police Station 7 commander Chief Inspector Levy Pange said.

Pangue said that they received information from a barangay official that young men were being subjected to hazing in a house at the ECC Villas in Barangay Alijis.

When the policemen reached the house, they saw at least 30 members of the fraternity named “Akrho” and six teenagers being paddled, Pangue said.

Only three fraternity leaders were arrested because their companions fled as soon as the policemen arrived, according to a police report.

The three fraternity leaders, whose names were also withheld, were now detained at the lock-up cell of Police Station 7, Pangue said.

Two of the six rescued teenagers said they would not file charges against the detained fraternity leaders.