A HABAL-HABAL driver was stabbed in the abdomen by his drinking buddy following an argument in the middle of their drinking session.
The incident took place around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, in Barangay Patong, Badian town.
Police identified the victim as Esmiraldo Requina Inilog, 40, single, a resident of the said place.
Inilog’s intestines emerged out of his abdomen as a result.
The 32-year-old suspect, Arnold Silvano Bismanos, also from the said barangay, was arrested by the police during a follow-up operation.
According to the police inquiry, the victim and the suspect talked about cockfighting while drinking with their friends.
But as their conversation went on, they got into a fight.
The suspect took a cockfighting blade and stabbed the victim in the stomach.
Inilog was rushed to the Isidro C. Kintanar Memorial Hospital in Argao town after the incident. (With TPT)