The head of barangay tanods of Linao, Talisay City was stabbed by an amok last Thursday night.
Dominador Poncardas, 60, sustained stab wounds in the different parts of his body and is recuperating in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC).
PO1 Janet Marquez, desk officer of Talisay City police station, said that the victim responded to an armed person alarm who ran amok causing fear among the residents in the area.
When he arrived, Poncardas tried to pacify the suspect identified as Mark Marvin Echavez, 27. However, Echavez allegedly attacked the tanod and stabbed him.
Echavez was also mobbed by residents in the area. He was brought to the hospital for treatment and is now detained at Talisay City police station.
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