BANSALAN, Davao del Sur – A 44-year-old woman and her nephew ended up dead after they decided to settle their land dispute in a machete duel, police said Friday.<\/p>\n\n
The incident took place around 6:30 a.m. Thursday in Sitio Malipayon in Barangay Managa here, according to Senior Insp. Jeffrey Latayada, town police chief.<\/p>\n\n
Latayada identified those killed as Esterlita Landas Tumunas, a resident of the said community; and her nephew, Jeffrey Lantingan Tumunas, 23, of Sta. Cruz town.<\/p>\n\n
Latayada said the younger Tumunas confronted her aunt over the rightful ownership of a a parcel of land in the village.<\/p>\n\n
As they did not reach any agreement, the two instead decided to settle the dispute through a duel, Latayada said, quoting witnesses’ accounts.<\/p>\n\n
He said the nephew entered his aunt’s house with a machete and engaged her in a duel.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cOnce inside, they started hacking each other resulting to the immediate death of Esterlita,” Latayada said.<\/p>\n\n
Jeffrey, he said, still managed to run as far as the community’s basketball court, which is some 60 meters away, before he fell and died due to a hack wound on the chest and abdomen.<\/p>\n\n
Latayada said the machetes used by the duo had been recovered and were now under police custody.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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