Videoke night out ends on fatal note in Manila

A videoke night out among three friends ended on a tragic note when one of them was stabbed dead in Ermita, Manila, as they were heading home.

Renato Cuanan, 26, a water delivery boy from Batangas Village, Pasay City, died of a stab wound on his left chest after he and his friends were attacked by two unidentified men as they were walking on Roxas Boulevard around 2 a.m. on Sunday.

Cuanan was heading home with Marinel Resurreccion and her boyfriend Alejandro Guimara after a late-night birthday celebration for Guimara at the Yakitori Dori videoke joint when they were assaulted, said Senior Police Officer 2 Virgo Villareal of the Manila Police District homicide section.

Cuanan had stopped at a tree to urinate when the suspects approached Resurreccion and started to have a chat with her.

When Cuanan was done, the trio continued walking, leaving the two suspects behind.

The two suspects then started to tail the group, until one of them got near enough to tap Cuanan on his shoulder before stabbing him. The two suspects then fled on foot.

Cuanan’s friends tried to take him to the Ospital ng Maynila but he died on the way to the hospital.