BACOLOD CITY – A 56-year-old laborer was allegedly stabbed to death by his nephew during a heated argument over a fenced portion of a rented lot in Sitio Ema, Barangay Camangcamang, Isabela, Negros Occidental on All Saints’ Day.
Police identified the victim as Lambrito Sarimong.
A 56-year-old laborer was allegedly stabbed to death by his nephew in Barangay Camangcamang, Isabela, Negros Occidental on All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1. (Photo courtesy of Isabela Municipal Police Station)
Police Major Joseph Partidas, Isabela police chief, said the victim and the 39-year-old suspect, Jun-Jun, had been engaged in a land dispute.
However, their grudges escalated when the victim got irked after learning that a portion of his rented lot was fenced by their relative.
Partidas said that the victim felt insulted, went to the suspect’s house armed with a cane cutter, and challenged his nephew, who was having a drinking session with relatives.
A heated argument erupted where the suspect stabbed his uncle in the body with a kitchen knife.
The victim was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead. The suspect fled and hid in a relative’s house in Barangay Mansablay, Isabela where he was apprehended.
Partidas said the murder weapon was not recovered. The suspect faces murder or homicide charges.