BACOLOD CITY – An elderly money lender was hacked to death by a farmer during a heated argument over unpaid debt in Sitio Ecogan, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, August 3.
A 60-year-old money lender was hacked dead by a farmer in Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, August 3. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava Municipal Police Station)
The victim was identified as 60-year-old Elisio Cabugnay of Barangay Hinab-ongan, Calatrava.
Police Capt. Jesus Alba, deputy chief of the Calatrava Municipal Police Station, said the victim went to the house of the 47-year-old suspect to collect a P2,000 debt.
Instead of paying the victim cash, the suspect asked that he pay him rice because of insufficient funds.
The victim refused and got angry, resulting in a heated argument.
Alba said the suspect’s wife intervened to pacify them but the victim allegedly slapped her.
The suspect was irked and hacked the victim with a bolo. The victim sustained multiple hack wounds and declared dead in a hospital.
Alba said the suspect surrendered to barangay officials and now detained at the police station.