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LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte 鈥� Police were hunting down the suspects in the fatal hacking of a 48-year-old farmer from Paoay town in Ilocos Norte province, police said Monday, Jan. 16.
Investigators identified the farmer as Clemente Cochapin. His body was discovered by a resident in a cornfield in the town鈥檚 Sta. Rita village.
Police said Cochapin went out at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday to check on his farm equipment.
鈥淲hile on the pathway of the cornfield, he was hacked and stabbed by unidentified suspects,鈥� police said in a report.
The police report noted that the victim sustained multiple wounds, causing his instantaneous death.鈥�
Investigators were determining the possible motives behind the attack and were looking at security cameras installed on the crime scene to identify the culprits.