MANKAYAN, Benguet – A 40-year old carpenter was injured after he was mistakenly hacked by a bolo-wielding senior citizen at Baguinguey, Tabio, here, recently.
Police authorities identified the victim as Michael Watti Tamolang, 40, married, carpenter while the arrested suspect was named as Sanquino Singwa Ampakay, 74, single, both residents of Baguinguey, Tabio, Mankayan, Benguet.
Initial police investigation showed the suspect had a heated altercation with a neighbor in the place of incident before he left the area.
However, the victim sat on the area where their neighbor left and when the suspect arrived, he suddenly hacked him by mistake as he thought that he was their neighbor that he previously had an altercation.
The victim was rushed to the Lepanto District Hospital for medical treatment while the suspect was arrested and is now awaiting the filing of the appropriate charges against him before the provincial prosecutor’s office.
By Dexter A. See