A man was stabbed to death yesterday along Roosevelt Street in Santa Barbara’s Barangay Zone II. Authorities identified the fatality as Jan Jan Lanada of Kalibo, Aklan but a temporary resident of the town’s Barangay Zone III.
According to police, the incident occurred at 8:25 a.m. when a heated argument reportedly ensued between Lanada and Romel Mederable, a friend of the victim from Maasin’s Barangay Trangka.
The victim was later found dead with a knife embedded in his chest.
After police conducted a follow-up operation, Mederable was apprehended in Santa Barbara’s Barangay Camambugan./WDJ