A Very Unfortunate Incident in UP Diliman

**A121** · March 21st, 2005 02:00 AM

This happened on March 17. Kellsye Fabian is a friend of mine and my batchmate in high school. This incident that happened to her is so unfortunate. Please be careful at all times.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=969

Suspected robbers kill student inside UP Diliman

Suspected robbers stabbed and killed a student of the University of the Philippines inside the Diliman campus in Quezon City late Thursday, it was learned Friday.

Police said victim Merwin Mendoza, 21, a BS Geological Science senior, was escorting his girlfriend Keleyse Fabian when three suspects approached them near Palma Hall at 9 p.m.

The suspects, Rodolfo Balais, an alleged member of the Sigue-Sigue Sputnik gang, Jericho Conde and Mark Aspiras, stabbed Mendoza in the chest and ran off with Fabian's hand bag, police said.

Mendoza was rushed to the UP Infirmary Building where he died minutes later.

Campus security later arrested Balais and Conde and recovered Fabian's mobile phone and P490 cash.

Authorities also picked up Aspiras at Old Balara near the campus, but he denied knowledge of the incident. Conde, however, identified Aspiras as the third member of their group who killed Mendoza.

The three are facing robbery-homicide charges.

**Mojo** · March 21st, 2005 02:07 AM

bitay na yan

**bender** · March 21st, 2005 02:16 AM

Something like this was bound to happen. i know since i took 2 graduate courses already at UP diliman and it can get so very dark and isolated there at night. Aside from that, squatters have invaded the outskirts of UP diliman and along with it, the bad elements that always seem to accompany them.

**flakez** · March 21st, 2005 02:21 AM

dapat diyan bitay nga! lagi na lang ganyan e.

**ILuvDetailing** · March 21st, 2005 02:34 AM

Kulang bitay diyan!!! Cut off their hands and let it rot, don't kill them just yet. Make them suffer a slow painfull death...

**nugundam93** · March 21st, 2005 04:24 AM

so sad. tapos senior pa naman siya.

wag bitay, it's too quick. make them suffer. murder IS murder, no matter what the motivating factor is.

**knicks1204** · March 21st, 2005 06:09 AM

kawawa naman yung nangyari sa kanya.. dapat nga bitay na yan...

**ghosthunter** · March 21st, 2005 07:54 AM

so what happened to the "increased security" in the UP campus?

**boybi** · March 21st, 2005 08:14 AM

hanggang ngayon ba kahit sino pwede pa rin pumasok sa campus ng UP? hindi pa rin ba No ID No Entry?

**nugundam93** · March 21st, 2005 08:21 AM

boybi: di natuloy eh

ok sana yun, badtrip yung mga nakikidaan din sa loob ng up, bilis nila magpatakbo. nabangga na ako dati sa loob ng up dahil sa tagalabas na humaharurot in front of the up alumni center