• THERESA MAE DULMAN
The Bacolod police arrested an 18-year-old suspect hours after he allegedly stabbed a cook to death following a brawl outside a drinking spot along Circumferential Road in Barangay Taculing, early yesterday morning, Nov. 9.
Police Station 6 personnel apprehended the suspect at around 2 p.m. at his residence in Barangay Taculing.
The victim, of Hinigaran, in Negros Occidental, succumbed to a fatal neck wound while undergoing medical treatment, the police said.
Initial investigation showed that the victim was drinking with a companion after work when a fight broke out among a group of youth nearby.
The victim reportedly intervened and threw a chair at the suspect during the commotion, prompting the 18-year-old to draw a bladed weapon and stab him in the neck before fleeing.
The suspect is under police custody as authorities prepare appropriate charges against him. | TMD
