LUCENA CITY — A 19-year-old girl was killed and her boyfriend was wounded in a hacking on Wednesday, Jan. 1, just a few hours after the New Year celebrations in Taytay town in Rizal province.
The Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) police reported on Thursday that Mitch Bartolome and her boyfriend, Jake Montañez, had just celebrated the New Year in Barangay (village) San Juan around 4 a.m. when “Jiemboy”, 44, Bartolome’s stepfather came and started an argument.
Article continues after this advertisementAt some point during the heated argument, Jiemboy grabbed his jungle bolo and hacked the girl.
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The victims were injured and taken to the Rizal Provincial Hospital System in the locality but Bartolome was declared dead on arrival.
Article continues after this advertisementJiemboy escaped after the incident and is now the subject of a police manhunt.
free slotsThe report did not provide details about the altercation that led to the killing.
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