A 46-YEAR-OLD woman was declared in critical condition after she was stabbed by her drinking companion.
The incident occurred in Sitio Solong-on, Barangay Tapon, in the southern Cebu town of Dalaguete at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, February 7, 2023.
The victim was identified as Freda Barido Emlarino, a resident of the barangay.
According to a spot report from Dalaguete Police Station, Emlarino and the two suspects were drinking in the town’s barangay Poblacion.
A few hours later, they got drunk.
The suspects offered to take the victim to her home on a motorcycle.
When they arrived, the victim got off but the back rider followed her and repeatedly stabbed her in her right chest without uttering a word.
The suspects fled after the incident, while the victim was brought by the municipality’s disaster risk unit to Argao District Hospital. (GPL/TPT)