Twin brothers were stabbed Thursday evening at Purok Kalubihan in Sipalay City’s Barangay Cartagena leaving one dead and the other wounded. Authorities identified the fatality as 35-year-old Joemar Salibio while his brother Joemart sustained stab wounds to his right arm.
Police investigations revealed Joemar was sleeping in a nipa hut owned by Mamerta Lasaga while Joemart was having his dinner when the suspect, identified as 47-year-old Nilo Galanido, arrived armed with a knife and stabbed the sleeping sibling as the victim’s brother tried to rescue him.
Responding law enforcement personnel pursued the suspect and arrested him at Sitio Lumaguntod in the town’s Barangay Bulata.
Galanido is currently detained at the Sipalay City Police Station while police investigate a possible motive behind the crime./WDJ