A woman died after her live-in partner stabbed her more than 50 times in Bgy. Sapas Biabas in Mabalacat City, Pampanga this Wednesday night.
According to a neighbor, Agnes Padua, they heard the victim and the suspect arguing after a drinking session.
It was here that the neighbors called for help from barangay officials.
Arriving at the couple’s hut, the barangay officials found the victim lying on her back and lifeless, with more than 50 stab wounds.
“Pagdating sa crime scene dinatnan pa po, nakausap pa mismo ng ating mga tanod yung mismong suspek, at tinanong kung asan yung asawa niya, itinuro sa loob ng bahay, at sabay na pong tumakas,” said Police Lt. Col, Ed Guevarra, chief of Mabalacat City Police Station.
(Arriving at the crime scene, our barangay watchmen even talked to the suspect himself, and asked where his wife was, he pointed inside the house, and at the same time fled.)
The knife used in the stabbing was recovered.
“Marami tayong anggulong tinitignan, pero ang pinakamalapit yung anggulong pagseselos, yung tinatawag sa English na ‘crime of passion.’ Kasi kung hindi matindi ang galit mo hindi aabot nang 53 na saksak ang ibibigay mo sa isang tao,” said Guevarra.
(We look at many angles, but the closest is the angle of jealousy, the so-called ‘crime of passion’ in English. Because if you are not very angry, you will not stab someone more than 53 times.)
Police arrested the suspect when he returned to the crime scene.
Upon his arrest, the live-in partner confessed to the crime he had committed. He will be charged with murder.
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Baguio commemorates 30th anniversary of Luzon quake
The people of Baguio City remember the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that shook Luzon in 1990, which hit the city the hardest.
The 1990 Luzon earthquake struck the island of Luzon in the Philippines at 4:26 p.m. on July 16. 3:26 p.m. with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX and produced a 125 km-long ground rupture that stretched from Dingalan, Aurora to Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija.
The earthquake caused 28 collapsed buildings, including hotels, factories, and government and university buildings, as well as many private homes and establishments in Baguio City.
An estimated 1,621 people were killed, most of the fatalities located in Central Luzon and the Cordillera region.
According to an environmental advocate, it is even more frightening if this happens again because of future ecological issues today.