By Neska Centina
A man was stabbed to death on New Year’s Eve in Barangay 10, Victorias City, Negros Occidental.
The fatality was identified as 41-year-old Jowelyn Bastutin, a resident of the said barangay.
Initial investigations revealed Bastutin was standing beside the road when the suspects, identified as Ande ‘Bon-Bon’ Esconde and a certain ‘John Doe,’ stabbed the victim twice.
Bastutin sustained stabbed wounds to the left side of his body, below the armpit.
He was brought to a center run by the Kaayong Lawas Foundation, Inc. in Victorias City, but was declared dead on arrival.
The suspects, meanwhile, fled towards an unknown direction following the incident./NC, WDJ