LAMUT, Ifugao December 02 – A 30-year old jobless man was arrested by combined police operatives and intelligence after he attempted to kill his father by stabbing him several times inside their residence at Magulong, here, recently.
Police authorities identified the arrested individual as Alex Nammog Pundao Jr, 30, jobless and resident of Solang, Magulon, Lamut, Ifugao while the victim was named as his own father, Alex Yoyot Pundao Sr, 67 years old, farmer and resident of the same place.
Initial police investigation showed that the suspect was under the influence of liquor when he requested his father for money but he was denied.
After a few hour, he came back to their residence already drunk and again requested his father for money but he was denied the second time around.
At this ju8ncture, the suspect allegedly grabbed a knife and sharpening tools and stabbed his father but the victim was able to evade the attack.
The suspect again tried to stab him with the sharpening tools that he took but it hit the wall that prompted his father to seek assistance that resulted to the arrest of the suspect by responding police operatives for the filing of the proper charges against him.
By Dexter A. See