FILE– Mervin Guarte wins gold within the Impediment Course Racing within the thirtieth Southeast Asian Video games Friday in Filinvest Alabang. –INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES
Mervin Guarte, a nationwide athlete who can also be an Air Drive non-commissioned officer, died after being stabbed in Calapan Metropolis, Oriental Mindoro.
Airman First Class Guarte, 33, a Southeast Asian Video games multimedalist, was killed by an unidentified assailant at Sitio Pinagkaisahan, Barangay Camilmil at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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In a cellphone interview with reporters in Camp Crame, Quezon Metropolis, Calapan Metropolis chief of police Lt. Col. Rodel Fulache, stated Guarte was sleeping on a sofa in his pal’s home, village Councilor Dante Albo Abel, when he was stabbed by the lone suspect with a kitchen knife on the left aspect of his chest.
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Fulache stated Guarte visited his uncle within the space and had a ingesting session with different individuals within the compound previous to the incident.
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He stated Guarte couldn’t determine his attacker when the cops visited him within the hospital earlier than he died.
“Based mostly on our preliminary interview with Councilor Abel and different individuals within the space, he didn’t determine in a spat with anybody through the ingesting session. They have been ingesting till 3 a.m.,” Fulache stated.
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Guarte managed to face up after being stabbed and sought assist from Abel’s niece.
Fulache stated even Abel’s kin have been unable to supply particulars since they have been already sleeping when the incident occurred.
Neighbors helped take him to Sta. Maria Village Hospital. He was later transferred to Mindoro Medical Heart the place he died.
Fulache stated they’re contemplating those that have been within the ingesting session with Guarte as individuals of curiosity.
A bladed weapon with out a deal with which was believed to have been utilized by the suspect was recovered from the crime scene.
Guarte received two gold medals within the 2019 Manila and 2023 Cambodia SEA Video games for impediment racing. He additionally obtained two silver medals within the 2011 Indonesia SEA Video games for athletics.
Olympic boxing medalists Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Felix Marcial expressed condolences and referred to as for justice over the dying of their fellow athlete.
Condemnation
Ahgie Radan, Elias Tabac, Mervin Guarte and Jay-R De Castro strike gold within the males’s impediment relay. June Navarro/INQUIRER
Native officers of Oriental Mindoro province condemned the killing of Guarte.
Governor Humerlito Dolor, in a Fb put up, vowed to deliver Guarte’s killer to justice.
“Maraming maraming salamat sa karangalan at pagmamahal mo sa bayan. Saludo kami sa iyo (Thanks for the distinction and the love you dropped at our nation. We salute you),” Dolor stated.
Calapan Metropolis Mayor Malou Flores-Morillo additionally paid tribute to Guarte’s achievements as a nationwide athlete.
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“Melvin introduced nice honor to Calapan, particularly his gold medal within the Southeast Asian Video games which served as an inspiration to our individuals. The Metropolis of Calapan is not going to flip a blind eye on his grotesque homicide and we’re one together with his household in looking for justice,” the mayor stated.
