Student stabs GF, self inside motel
A college student stabbed his girlfriend and himself inside a motel in La Paz, Iloilo City yesterday morning, police said.
Reports said Mark (not his real name), 20, hurt the girl, 17, who planned to leave him.
Both are engineering students of a university in Iloilo City, police said.
The couple entered Katrina Lodge at around 3 p.m. of Wednesday, and witnesses said the couple were already arguing at that time.
Both stayed overnight, and the girl said when she woke up at around 5:30 a.m. the next day, she saw “Mark” holding a double-bladed knife.
She first thought “Mark” would not hurt her but then he said “sorry” and stabbed her on the back. He also stabbed himself on the stomach.
The girl called for help and the motel personnel sought police assistance and brought them to West Visayas State University Medical Center.
As of press time, the girl is in a stable condition while “Mark” underwent surgery.
Guard Shoots Cop
Meanwhile, a policeman was injured after he was shot by a security guard who mistook him for a robber early morning Wednesday at Brgy. San Rafael, Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
Police Officer 1 Alvin Pio Leda of Arevalo Police Station was passing by the area when he saw a notorious thief identified as “Lupin” at around 4:30 a.m.
Leda ran after the suspect who entered the Southern Iloilo Gas Inc. building.
He scaled the building and went up the roof.
It was then that SIG security guard Joeven Pahermo saw Leda who was about to jump from the roof.
The armed Pahermo claimed he accidentally pulled the trigger and hit the policemen on the left thigh.
Leda was brought to Iloilo Doctors’ Hospital.
Pahermo, meanwhile, was detained at the lock-up cell of Mandurriao Police Station.*
