Monday, December 19, 2005
Workers’ scuffle kills 1, hurts 3
ONE man was killed while three others were seriously injured after two groups of factory workers got into a rumble in Barangay Tayud, Liloan yesterday dawn.
Jessie Flores, 28, died of a gunshot wound. Yulo Facultad, 23, Rene Siplao, 22, and Rejion Flores, 19, are at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.
The other workers who joined the melee were identified as Johnny Facultad, 32, Bernardo Lumakang, Romy Cortes, 23, and Roel Siplao, 21.
All four are now detained at the police station for participating in the free-for-all.
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SPO2 Rizalino Aligno, Liloan Police Station desk officer, could not say who brought the firearm.
None of those arrested would tell the responding officers who was armed.
Police who searched the scene also failed to find the weapon and could not say what kind of firearm was used.
The eight men were stay-in workers in a wrought iron factory owned by Naning Leyson in Sitio Simburio, Barangay Tabogon.
Initially, police learned that Flores bore a grudge against Yulo Facultad and challenged him to a fight.
As the two fought, the others joined.
Brothers Rene and Roel Siplao and Jessie’s brother Rejion Flores belong to Jessie’s group.
Yulo’s group included his brother Johnny, Romy Cortes and Bernardo Lumakang.
In the middle of the fight, they heard gunshots and Jessie slumped to the ground. (MEA)
(December 19, 2005 issue)
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