Police Files

Mandaue Drowning

AN 11-year-old boy   was found dead, an apparent victim of drowning in  barangay Pakna-an, Mandaue City, last Sunday.

Joshua Cabalan of purok Tangkong was found lifeless on the seashore by a resident.

His father Bobby Cabalan said the boy was a special child.

He told police the boy must have left the house by himself and gone swimming alone.

Cabalan said he  was attending to some matters  and didn’t notice his son’s absence.

Tanods  were alerted by a concerned citizen about the discovery of a boy’s body past 3 p.m.

When the tanods went there, the father was already at the site crying over his son’s body.

Police said they did not see any signs of foul play in the boy’s death.  Neither did the father./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA

Suicide in Talisay

An 18 year-old man was found hanging dead from  a tree in sitio Mananga, barangay Tabunok, Talisay City, last Sunday evening.

Police identified the victim as Levy Rivera.

Police recovered a can of Vulcaseal below him, a household sealant that is sometimes sniffed like rugby.

Police said an autopsy will be conducted./correspondent gabriel bonjoc

Lapu Stabbing

Two construction workers    were stabbed and wounded by still-unidentified men in a beerhouse in barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City, Sunday dawn.

Jery Onglao, 47, of  barangay San Miguel, Cordova town, and a 17-year-old boy from  barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City, were rushed to the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital.

They suffered stab wounded in different parts of their bodies.

Both laborers were drinking with  co-workers  when a group of men arrived

Some of the men  mauled and stabbed the victims without provocation.

The assailants fled after the attack. /correspondent norman mendoza