BACOLOD CITY – A man allegedly killed his two brothers in-law in Sitio Mantuhod, Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 15.

POLICE cordon the area, where two brothers were found dead in Barangay Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Friday, November 17. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental police)
Police withheld the names of the victims aged 24 and 29, residents of Sitio Malig-on, Barangay Upper Linothangan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental.
Police said the decomposing body of the elder victim was first found with a stab wound in the chest. The body of the younger victim was also found a few meters away.
Police Major Nelson Amsiwen Jr., La Castellana police chief, said the suspect surrendered to the police on November 17, two days after the incident. He also turned over the bladed weapon used in the incident.
Amsiwen said the victims fetched their brother-in-law from his house to make charcoal.
The suspect said that the victims tried to attack him while they were walking in a remote part of the village. He stabbed and hacked them in retaliation.
Amsiwen said the suspect attacked the elder victim first, followed by the younger victim.
He said that they are looking into grudges as motive in the incident since the suspect and the victims had threatened each other.
However, the family did not elaborate what triggered or caused their grudges against each other, Amsiwen said.
Amsiwen said that two counts of murder will be filed against the suspect, who is now under police custody.