Man on Rampage Kills 10 in Philippines
Pastor Dale Morgan
Man on Rampage Kills 10 in Philippines*
Saturday June 2, 2007 5:31 AM
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A man armed with a long knife killed 10
people, including five children, and wounded 14 more, during a rampage
early Saturday in a central Philippine province, police said.
The man first attacked and wounded six members of his own family with
whom he lived in a remote village outside Calbayog city in central Samar
province around 2 a.m. local time, police desk officer Jessie Gianan
said by telephone.
The man then barged into two neighboring homes where he stabbed and
hacked at the sleeping occupants, then he returned to a wake where he
had been drinking earlier and attacked everyone in his path, Gianan said.
Eight of his victims died on the spot and two died later at a hospital,
Gianan said. Another 14 were wounded.
The man then surrendered to another villager who turned him over to the
authorities. It was not immediately clear what prompted the rampage.