BACOLOD City – A senior citizen was hacked to death in Barangay Asia, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental.
The 60-year-old Vivincio Responte of Barangay Alim, Hinoba-an died of hack wounds on the body, a police report showed.
Police identified the suspect as 30-year-old resident Arnel Walog.
According to police investigators, Walog was drunk when he hacked Responte around 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. But the motive in the incident was not immediately established.
Walog tried to evade arrest but failed when barangay officials caught him.
He was detained in the lockup facility of the Hinoba-an municipal police station./PN
