Drunken suspect stabs Negros cop in the eye

By Glazyl M. Jopson

BACOLOD CITY – According to a report from the Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), the officer was arresting the suspect in his house when the man suddenly attacked him with a knife, striking his right eye.

The officer, a police executive master sergeant, was rushed to Ace Hospital in Bayawan City.

PRO-NIR said a medical report showed that a major artery in the officer’s eye was hit, causing heavy bleeding.

Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson for the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (Norppo), said the officer is now stable and scheduled for surgery after being referred to a hospital in Dumaguete City.

The suspect tried to escape by jumping out a window but was caught near a river by the officer’s colleagues.

Before attacking the policeman, the suspect had stabbed a 58-year-old woman after she refused to sell him liquor.

The woman told the suspect to go home, but he threatened to damage her store, grabbed her hands, and stabbed her seven times.

She is now recuperating in a hospital.

Polinar said the suspect, who is under police custody, will face charges of frustrated homicide and direct assault upon an agent of a person in authority, with additional charges possible if qualifying factors are established.