Septuagenarian held for neighbor’s slay

TUGUEGARAO CITY – A 70-year-old man was arrested last week for hacking his neighbor to death in a duel last year.

Iguig town police chief Senior Insp. Avelino Canceran said Maximiano Pader was arrested in Barangay Manaoag after Regional Trial Court Judge Jezarene Aquino issued a warrant for homicide.

Witnesses alleged that victim Reynaldo Bruno was drunk when he challenged everyone in their village to a duel, which Pader accepted. – Raymund Catindig