Another Cain and Abel story from the Philippines.
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| http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1030547/farmer-shoots-brother-over-sack-of-palay |
An argument as to who owned a sack of palay led to the shooting of a farmer by his older brother in Barangay Bialong here on Monday afternoon.
Investigator PO3 Albert L. Tajan, of the Mlang police office, said Danny Platon, 43, was shot by his older brother, Pepito, 47, both of Barangay Bialong, Mlang, North Cotabato, about 1 p.m. after a heated argument.
Tajan said Danny and his twin brother Dante hauled one sack of palay from a drier owned by one of their nephews.
Pepito confronted the two and castigated them for taking what was not theirs.
This angered Danny and his twin brother who both punched Pepito.
During the fight, Danny reportedly picked up a wooden club to hit Pepito, who pulled out a handgun and shot his brother.
Relatives rushed the wounded Danny to the hospital while responding police arrested Pepito.
Pepito is now detained at the Mlang police jail facing for frustrated murder charges.
This happened in North Cotabato a region not known for being peaceful. Likely the gun was homemade. Likely there were deeper issues between these brothers. Given the violent response when confronted it seems Danny and Dante stole a sack of rice from their nephew and Pepito was not ok with that.
Now a man is dead and his brother is the one who killed him.
All over a sack of rice.
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