LIAN, Batangas – A 17-year-old teenage boy allegedly stabbed his 19-year-old neighbor to death in Barangay 5 here on Saturday night, Nov. 23.
Police identified the victim as John Pert Luis B. Mendoza.
Investigation said that Mendoza was standing on a street with his friends when the suspect Kuya, a neighbor, arrived and stabbed the victim with a knife.
Mendoza was taken by his relatives to a hospital in Nasugbu, Batangas where he was declared dead.
Police apprehended Kuya in a follow-up operation.
Kuya faces a murder case and police have yet to determine why he killed the victim.