Teacher’s neck slashed; survives

SAN NICOLAS, Pangasinan – A kindergarten teacher escaped death after her neck was slashed and her face was smashed with a wooden object by her assassin who tried but failed to rape her along a ricefield in Barangay Poblacion East this town around 5:30 p.m. on Oct 19.

Police Senior Insp. Mike Daskeo, town police chief, told newsmen that Daisy Mejia, 20, a kindergarten school teacher was walking alone in an isolated area when an unidentified suspect suddenly pulled her and tried to rape her but she shouted and fought back.

Her attacker slashed her neck and hit her face several times with a wooden object, then left.

A passerby later helped and brought her to a hospital.

The incident was immediately reported to the police. As of Oct. 20, Daskeo said Mejia who was transferred to a hospital in Dagupan City was already in stable condition and could already talk. Daskeo said he had taken photos of farmers harvesting rice in the area for possible identification of the victim as possible suspect. – Jennelyn Mondejar