BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver died after he was mauled and stabbed by the new lover of his former live-in partner in Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 10.
Police identified the victim as Raffy Rosa of Barangay San Antonio, Himamaylan City
Police Capt. Arturo Margallo, deputy chief of administration of the Himamaylan City Police Station, said Rosa allegedly hit 39-year-old suspect Rico Patiño when he saw him with his former live-in partner.
POLICE cordon off the area where a tricycle driver was mauled and stabbed to death in Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 10. (Photo courtesy of Himamaylan City Police Station)
Margallo said the victim probably got jealous after seeing the two together.
Rosa and Patiño were then pacified. However, later that day, they again figured in another commotion when Patiño’s group reportedly waylaid and mauled the victim.
Patiño then allegedly stabbed Rosa and fled, along with his two companions.
Rosa was declared dead in a hospital while Patiño surrendered to the police later that day, according to Margallo.