Man splashes acid on brother’s face during lupon hearing

A MAN suffered burns on his forehead and eyes after his brother splashed muriatic acid on his face during a mediation hearing at the barangay hall in San Roque, Talisay City last Sunday morning.

Ladislao Ronato was rushed to the hospital for treatment. His brother Pedro, 62, of barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City was detained at the Talisay police station after the incident.

Investigation showed that the barangay lupon (mediation council) members were trying to find a solution to the brother’s misunderstanding over a house rent when Pedro who was carrying a water bottle with a yellow liquid inside suddenly opened the bottle and splashed its contents on his brother’s face.

Pedro, who is a carpenter, then grabbed a steel square rule from his back pocket and tried to stab Ladislao with it. The lupon members, however, overpowered Pedro and detained him.

The brothers’ misunderstanding started when Ladislao, who acted as a caretaker of Pedro’s house in Talisay City didn’t remit the rent income for three years to Pedro.

Pedro said Ladislao only remitted the house rent for only three months. /Correspondent Gabriel C. Bonjoc