Finger-wrestling row turns fatalhome/News/Regions/Finger-wrestling row turns fatalBANAUE, Ifugao: Two police officers died on Sunday after they were gunned down by a fellow officer over an alleged misunderstanding that cropped up from their finger-wrestling game inside the headquarters of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15 here. Brigadier Gen. Israel Ephraim Dickson, regional director of the Police Regional Office in the Cordillera, identified the fatalities as Staff Sgt. Romualdo Ngina Jr., 32, married and a native of Otucan Sur, Bauko, MountainProvince; and Patrolman Rey Wan-aten, 30, and a native of Kibungan, Benguet. Initial investigation showed the victims and the suspect were engaged in “torsi” or finger-wrestling when alleged misinterpretations of the rules of the game led to injuries to the suspect’s fingers. Doctors who had attended to Ngina and Wan-aten said the two policemen succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds.

Source: Manila Times September 30, 2019 16:18 UTC