MANILA, Philippines ? The desire to enjoy a quiet breakfast proved fatal for a 37-year-old lodge guest who was attacked Thursday morning by two men whom he requested to refrain from using firecrackers inside a restaurant in Manila.

James Tan, 37, of Valenzuela City, a guest at room 306 of the Day Dream Lodge II at the corner of Lope De Vega and Rizal Avenue in Sta. Cruz, was declared dead on arrival at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center from a stab wound in the chest.

His attackers remain at large and are the object of a police hunt.

Senior Police Officer 2 Paul Dennis Javier of the MPD homicide section said that the incident happened at around 7:00 a.m. at the lobby of the Day Dream Lodge.

Before the incident, Javier revealed, Tan had entered the lodge restaurant to have breakfast and noticed the two men, who were accompanied by four other people and all apparently drunk, using dangerous firecrackers inside the restaurant.

Tan, who was disturbed by the noise, approached the group and asked them to stop. The two men who were setting off the firecrackers complied with his request and even shook his hand in apology.

However, Javier pointed out, when Tan left the restaurant to return to his room, the two followed him.

Several minutes after, at the lodge lobby, waitress Arlene Cabriodas found Tan lying face down on the floor with a stab wound in the chest.

Cabriodas and other lodge employees immediately brought their guest to the hospital.

Javier disclosed that artist has drawn sketches of the two suspects based on descriptions provided by witnesses.