Rapist arrested:
Rape suspect Emilio Panillon, who have been on the run for months was finally arrested yesterday at barangay Bantolinao, this town.
According to police operatives here, the suspect was arrested after a brief chase on foot by barangay tanods who were patrolling the area together with Artemio Baldisco, father of the rape victim.
Panillon was sighted at his farm in sitio Calumbangan, of same barangay around 10:30 a.m. yesterday.
As the group caught up with the suspect, terms of surrender were negotiated but Panillon again tried to elude arrest, prompting the victim's father to nail the chance and shoot Panillon using an improvised .22 cal. air-gun, police said.
The gunshot wound in the lower back halted Panillon.
The situation prompted the victim's father to confiscate the rape suspect's scythe (lagaraw) but instead of turning it over to the tanods, the victim's father hacked Panillon on the right heel.
Upon the arrival of the responding police led by SPO3 Sergio P. Añaviso with Mayor Cecilia Rebosura, the suspect was already lying on the ground.
The rape suspect is recovering at the Gallares Hospital in Tagbilaran City, unconscious as of press time following surgery. (With reports from Ceil E. Remolador)
source: Bohol Chronicle
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