Construction worker stabbed to death

ILOILO City – A construction worker stabbed his co-worker to death in Barangay Baldoza, La Paz district, a police report showed.

The victim, 56-year-old Jessie Pacalinga of Barangay Manaolan, Badiangan, Iloilo, died of multiple stab wounds on the body.

Police identified the suspect as Junifer Jumuad of Barangay Poblacion, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo.

The stabbing happened while Pacalinga, Jumuad and their co-workers were having a drinking binge around 9 p.m. on Sunday.

The police said a heated argument ensued between Pacalinga and Jumuad.  The altercation was work-related, the police said.

Their co-workers tried to pacify them but Pacalinga managed to stab Jumuad and fled.

Two hours later that night, Pacalinga was arrested. He was detained in the lockup facility of the La Paz police station./PN

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