A municipal councilor of Marihatag town in Surigao del Sur province was stabbed to death on Saturday morning, police said.
According to a police report, Marihatag councilor Gerry Sales Campos, who is also a radio anchor, just alighted from his pickup vehicle in a gas station in Barangay Poblacion at past 7 a.m. when the suspect, identified as Sandy Constantin Rivas, stabbed him multiple times, mainly on his abdomen.
Rivas immediately fled from the scene, leaving behind his pair of slippers and Campos lying unconscious on the ground.
Emergency responders from the municipal disaster risk reduction and management office rushed Campos to the Marihatag District Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Rivas eventually fell into the hands of policemen following a hot pursuit operation. He is now detained at the Marihatag police station while awaiting the filing of a murder charge.