Ex-traffic enforcer stabbed to death by group of men in Bataan 

A former traffic enforcer was stabbed to death by a group of men in Mariveles, Bataan on Thursday evening. 

According to Mariz Umali’s report on “24 Oras” on Friday, the widow of the 52-year-old victim was supposed to buy food when some men followed him. 

“Ano po ‘yan, bumili ng ulam sa baba. May mga aaligid-aligid daw sa kanya,” she said. 

(He went downstairs to buy food. He said that some guys were looking after him.) 

The victim’s son, who witnessed the incident, shared that his father had been involved in a heated argument before the murder happened. 

“Itong mga nakaalitan namin, minura-mura daw siya sabi ng kapatid kong isa. Ngayon po, pagkauwi ng tatay ko, bumalik po siya. Sinundan ko na lang po siya para maawat ko po…Nagka-enkwentruhan na….Pinagsasaksak na po kami,” he said. 

(One of my siblings told me that the guys we fought with cursed at our father. So when my father returned home, he went outside again and I followed him to pacify the tension…We eventually had an encounter with the guys…They were stabbing us.) 

The son said that they were initially dealing with two guys until more men came into the scene. 

“Tatay ko may dala-dala ding kutsilyo…Sa akin po, may dala-dala din akong itak pero panakot lang,” he added. 

(My father also had a knife with him. I brought a melee with me to threaten the guys.)  

One of the suspects was already arrested, while the others are still at large. 

GMA Integrated News has reached out to the suspect, the barangay management, and the police.—Vince Angelo Ferreras/LDF, GMA Integrated