A VILLAGE watchman chief was stabbed and wounded by his drinking buddy in a remote area of Zamboanga del Sur, the police said.
Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer Rogelio Alabata said the incident occurred around 3 p.m. Wednesday, January 18, at Purok 3 in the village of Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga Del Sur.
Alabata identified the victim as Ariel Taganos, 39, the head of the village watchman in Lintum, Guipos municipality, and the suspect as Romeo Tohoy, 44, also a resident of Lintum village.
Investigation showed that prior to the incident, the victim and the suspect both drunk, engaged in a verbal altercation.
Alabata said the suspect, armed with a knife, chased and stabbed the victim in the chest.
He said Taganos was hospitalized while Tohoy was arrested and detained pending the filing of appropriate charges against him. (Bong Garcia/VoxPop Philippines)