Electrician killed after being stabbed and bludgeoned

CEBU, Philippines -  An electrician died after he was stabbed and smashed on the head by a construction worker in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City Friday afternoon.

Roque Espina, 52, died of stabbed wounds to the neck and chest allegedly perpetrated by his neighbor and co-worker Mark Anthony Rico, 36.

Based on the testimony of Wilma Sirad, Espina was doing electrical works at the house owned by Maidu Sanchez that was being constructed when Rico climbed up through a ladder, approached the victim and suddenly stabbed him using a kitchen knife.

Espina was hit in the back of his neck, causing him to fall down.

Rico immediately went down and stabbed the victim again, this time on the chest. He then allegedly smashed the victim’s head with a solid brick.

Rico then voluntarily surrendered to barangay tanod Roy Rubic.

Senior Police Officer 4 Alex Dacua of the Cebu City Police Office Homicide Section said Rico was bearing a personal grudge against Espina, who he works with at the house they were constructing.

Waterfront police recovered the broken kitchen knife and the solid brick from the crime scene. —NSA (FREEMAN)