By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

An invitation for a drinking session proved fatal after a man was stabbed dead on Sunday night, June 18.

Authorities identified the fatality as 33-year-old Arturo Quipse Jr., a resident of Barangay Dulao’s Purok Lopues in Negros Occidental’s Bago City.

Bago police chief, Lt. Colonel Joem Malong said Quipse invited the suspect, 43-year-old Jonathan Dequilla, to a drinking session in the city public plaza.

However, an argument ensued between them, which escalated into a commotion.

Quipse allegedly pulled out an unidentified caliber of firearm, but Dequilla allegedly stabbed the victim in his upper right arm using a bladed weapon, police said.

He was rushed to a district hospital, but he was dead on arrival.

Dequilla is still at large./DGB, WDJ