A mentally-ill person hacked and wounded a woman in Sitio Ilahod, Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan City around 5:25 p.m. Tuesday.
Police Chief Inspector Antonio Benitez, Jr., Himamaylan PNP OIC police chief identified the victim as Josephine Galvez Tejada, 56, married, of Sitio Ilahod, Barangay To-oy. She sustained injuries in the head and left arm.
The victim was outside her house talking to neighbours when the suspect hacked her.
The suspect was identified as Jimmy Ortega De la Torre, 41, single, also of Sitio Ilahod, Barangay To-oy.