BACOLOD City – A man was stabbed to death in Barangay Abuanan, Bago City, Negros Occidental.
The 36-year-old resident Eddie Mariano died of stab wounds on the body, a police report showed.
The 25-year-old resident Rommel Manalo was tagged as the suspect, it added.
According to police investigators, Mariano, Manalo and two others were having a drinking session when a heated argument ensued between them around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 6.
This prompted Manalo to stab Mariano using an 11-inch knife, police said.
Mariano’s live-in partner, who was not identified in the report, sustained a minor injury on the shoulder, the police added.
Mariano was brought to the Bago City Hospital where he was declared “dead on arrival.”
Manalo, meanwhile, surrendered and was detained in the lockup cell of the Bago City police station, facing charges./PN
