ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao April 18 – Two minors were injured after they were stabbed by a knife-wielding assailant while they were playing inside a carnival at barangay Potia, here, Monday.
Police authorities identified the injured victims as Rene Fanio Juan, 16, OSY, and Jezrael Pinkihan Bil-agon, 17, Grade 11, both residents of barangay Potia, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao while the suspect was named as Gaudencio Olicia Bracino, 36, married, farmer, native of Polanqui Albay and presently residing at barangay Potia, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao.
Initial police investigation showed the victims were playing inside the carnival in the place of incident when the suspect approached them and for still unknown reasons, he started stabbing them one after the other before fleeing towards a still undisclosed direction.
The victims were rushed to the Potia District Hospital for medical treatment but they were subsequently transferred to a hospital in nearby Santiago City, Isabela for further observation while the suspect is now the subject of a manhunt operation by responding operatives for him to answer for the crime he committed.
By Dexter A. See