Student mauled by 20 individuals

By Maria Alina Galagaran

22-YEAR old student, Marcelino, obtained serious injuries as 20 unidentified males attacked the student for no evident reason last August 23 in the streets of Recto.

The victim and a companion were on their way home from a drinking session at YES KTV Bar along CM Recto at around 9:10pm.

Suddenly, a group of 20 individuals with no apparent reason attacked the victim with a steel pipe.

After the men took turns in battering the young boy, they walked away casually as if nothing happened.

The victim was rushed by his companion to the UST Medical Hospital for treatment. He received lacerated wounds in the right eye and several contusions on the head.

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Taxi Driver stabbed 5 times in robbery

By Maria Alina F. Galagaran


POLICEMEN are still hunting two unidentified suspects who stabbed a taxi driver for his daily earnings along the streets of Legarda Street in Sampaloc last August 30.

The 30-year old taxi driver was rushed to a nearby hospital and is now in a stable condition but is still under treatment.

The incident happened at 2:40am when the two male suspects boarded the taxi asking to take them to Legarda.

Upon their arrival, the two withdrew a bladed weapon and stabbed the victim 5 times consecutively and then fled on foot with a thousand pesos in hand.

Police are currently investigating the incident.


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