MAN STABBED DEAD
A 37-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed and wounded by two men in barangay Looc, Mandaue City.
Neil Bontuyan Leyson, a resident of barangay Talamban, Cebu City, died from stab wounds in the chest and stomach.
The crime happened on A. C. Cortes Street in sitio Looc last Friday night.
Suspects Edemar Peñoza, 20, and a 17-year-old boy were arrested by police in a hot pursuit operation. The suspects were reportedly members of the Tau Gamma Fraternity.
Police said robbery could be the motive of the killing since the victim’s wallet was missing./CORRESPONDENTS JHUNNEX NAPALLACAN AND NORMAN MENDOZA
BOY SHOT BY NEIGHBOR
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was seriously wounded after he was shot by his 19-year old neighbor in barangay Kanguha, Dumanjug southern Cebu last Friday afternoon.
The victim, a grade 4 pupil, was wounded in the thigh and abdomen.
Jovy Cababat was arrested in a neighbor’s hours about two hours after the incident.
The suspect told police that the boy made fun of him that triggered the shooting, said SPO1 Joselito Abellar, desk officer of Dumanjug police./CORRESPONDENTS JHUNNEX NAPALLACAN AND GABRIEL C. BONJOC