Father kills son in Cagayan town

TUGUEGARAO CITY—A 78-year-old man killed his son with a hammer on Thursday evening in Cagayan’s Lasam town, police said.

Virgilio Aguinaldo said he defended himself when his 48-year-old son, Peter, tried to attack him with a bladed weapon when he returned home from their rice fields.

Aguinaldo said Peter’s attack was unprovoked, prompting him to grab a hammer and strike his son on the head. Peter died instantly.

Aguinaldo surrendered to the police.

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