A MAN died after he was stabbed by three suspects in Purok Urban, Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City Wednesday evening, June 3.
Police identified the fatality as Jacob Asong, of Purok Rojas, Barangay Tangub.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Ariel Pico, spokesperson of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), said Thursday, June 4, that Asong was inside a house in Purok Uban when Edmer Duaquino, his cousin John Mark Duaquino and their unidentified companion attacked him several times using a bladed weapon at about 11:15 p.m.
The victim sustained multiple wounds and was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, but he did not survive.
Police Corporal Genever June Perez, investigator of Police Station 9, said that Asong has an old grudge with the suspects.
He said Edmer and his cousin were arrested in follow-up operation Thursday, June 4, while their companion is still at-large. All of them will be charged for murder.