2 HURT IN CEBU CITY STABBINGS 1/2

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Date: 27 January 2013
Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/349455/police-files-388

TWO persons were wounded in separate stabbing incidents in Cebu City Sunday night.
Maria Duarte, 44 was stabbed in the body by her neighbor in sitio San Isidro, barangay Guadalupe.
The assailant was identified as a certain Negro, who fled after the attack.
Police said Duarte, her younger sister Heidi and some other neighbors were drinking in a birthday party of their neighbor Micah Ragrag when Negro and another man, identified as Jason arrived around 8 p.m.
Police said Negro and Jason were looking for Ragrag’s father Ben.
The two men argued with Duarte’s group until Negro drew a knife and stabbed the victim.
Duarte was rushed to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC).
Two hours later, a man was stabbed and wounded by his neighbor in barangay Tejero.
Anthony Siatanan, 29, sustained two stab wounds in the body.
The alleged assailant, Rex Biker, remains at large.
The two men are neighbors in sitio Silangan, police said.
Siatanan told police that he asked P6 from Biker so he could buy a bottle of softdrinks.
The victim alleged that Biker got irked and tried to stab him with a kitchen knife.
The victim escaped unharmed.
Siatanan later had a drinking session with another neighbor when Biker arrived and stabbed him.
Siatanan was taken to the CCMC./Correspondent Tweeny M. Malinao