By Nestor Burgos
A man who disliked his fresh haircut hacked the barber to death in Calinog town, 48 kilometers from this city, on Wednesday, police said.
Charlie Agustino, 48, died from multiple hack wounds after he was attacked by Benjie Lozada, 36, inside Rammy’s barbershop at the public market. The assailant was believed to be mentally disturbed.
The victim, who had worked as a barber for seven years and was also a pastor of the local Baptist church, died while being treated at Calinog District Hospital.
Senior Police Officer 1 Elmer Sanchez of the Calinog police station said Lozada had his hair cut by Agustino in the morning. At around 3 p.m., Lozada, now armed with a bolo, returned to the place, looked for the barber, then went on a rampage.
Sanchez said the assailant immediately went to the police station on foot to surrender after the killing. Lozada appeared calm and still had the bloodstained bolo in his hand when he arrived just as a team of policemen was about to go to the crime scene.
“He told us that he did not like the way his hair was cut,†Sanchez told the Philippine Daily Inquirer on the phone on Thursday.
Lozada is believed to be mentally disturbed and recently had a nervous breakdown, the officer added.
According to Police Officer 1 Mark Warren Castillo, Lozada said he was teased about his “uneven†haircut upon reaching home and that he had to use “two mirrors†to check if it was really that bad.
An enraged Lozada then took a motorcycle back to the barbershop, which was about 10 km away, Castillo said.
As of Thursday, Lozada was being held in a separate cell away from the two other detainees at the station.
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