{"id":558885,"date":"2014-01-06T17:38:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=558885"},"modified":"2014-01-06T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T09:38:15","slug":"man-nabbed-after-stabbing-mother-holding-kin-hostage-in-qc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/558885\/man-nabbed-after-stabbing-mother-holding-kin-hostage-in-qc","title":{"rendered":"Man nabbed after stabbing mother, holding kin hostage in QC"},"content":{"rendered":"
MANILA, Philippines — A young man under the influence of illegal drugs assaulted his mother and even held his kin hostage on Monday morning in Quezon City.<\/p>\n\n
Jerry Lo, 22, was still clutching a baby girl when policemen pounced on him inside the house of a relative in Barangay (village) Sta. Teresita.<\/p>\n\n
Save for Lo’s mother who was stabbed several times, three other victims were rescued safely, said Supt. Osmundo de Guzman, the La Loma police station commander.<\/p>\n\n
The suspect will be charged with frustrated parricide, frustrated homicide, child abuse, and alarm and scandal.<\/p>\n\n
The four-hour drama began at around 5:30 a.m. at a house on Halcon II Street where Lo’s relatives lived.<\/p>\n\n
Lo and his mother, Luzviminda, resided on nearby Simoun Street and decided to pay their kin a visit that day.<\/p>\n\n
For still unknown reasons, the young man suddenly lashed out at his mother and stabbed her in the chest.<\/p>\n\n
Other relatives rushed her to the Sta. Teresita Hospital, leaving behind Lo with an eight-month-old baby girl, a cousin known as “Bornok,” an aunt and another female cousin.<\/p>\n\n
It was at this point that Lo took his relatives hostage inside the house, using at least five bladed weapons to threaten them.<\/p>\n\n
The weapons included two knives, which the suspect alternately used against the baby girl, and a bloodied cleaver.<\/p>\n\n
The suspect attacked Bornok, stabbing him in the leg with the cleaver, prompting the aunt to barricade themselves in a room to protect themselves from the suspect.<\/p>\n\n
However, Lo managed to seize the baby girl, whose parents were not around.<\/p>\n\n
According to De Guzman, the suspect did not demand for anything, save for a cigarette and some water.<\/p>\n\n
He did not say why he attacked his mother and relatives, although police said he was high on drugs.<\/p>\n\n
Policemen managed to convince Lo to get out of the house on the pretext that his father was on the phone.<\/p>\n\n
Upon reaching the gate, the suspect was subdued by armed lawmen.<\/p>\n\n
The wounded cousin was rescued but already pale from loss of blood when he was brought to the hospital, while the baby girl was unharmed.<\/p>\n\n