A man in Iloilo City, Philippines hacked off his sleeping wife’s head with a machete, because he mistook her for a vampire.
61 year old Rodolfo Rojo was arrested on Tuesday morning after handing himself in to the police and confessing his crime. Police investigators went to Mr Rojo’s house and found his 70 year old wife lying in bed, her head was a metre away on the floor.
Mr Rojo told police officers that he had attacked his wife, Adela on Monday night because he thought she was an “aswang”. The aswang, also known as soc-soc, wak-wak or tik-tik are a vampire-like creature from Filipino folklore which has spread fear throughout the Philippines for centuries.
When Mr Rojo saw his wife lying in bed, believing she was one of these evil monsters he grabbed a large bolo knife and hacked at her twice, the first strike hit her head and the second blow completely decapitated her.
The family of Mr Rojo say he has been acting strangely for a number of weeks and they believe he is suffering from a form of mental illness. Police are holding Mr Rojo whilst his family decide whether they want to press charges against him or not.
61 year old Rodolfo Rojo was arrested on Tuesday morning after handing himself in to the police and confessing his crime. Police investigators went to Mr Rojo’s house and found his 70 year old wife lying in bed, her head was a metre away on the floor.
Mr Rojo told police officers that he had attacked his wife, Adela on Monday night because he thought she was an “aswang”. The aswang, also known as soc-soc, wak-wak or tik-tik are a vampire-like creature from Filipino folklore which has spread fear throughout the Philippines for centuries.
When Mr Rojo saw his wife lying in bed, believing she was one of these evil monsters he grabbed a large bolo knife and hacked at her twice, the first strike hit her head and the second blow completely decapitated her.
The family of Mr Rojo say he has been acting strangely for a number of weeks and they believe he is suffering from a form of mental illness. Police are holding Mr Rojo whilst his family decide whether they want to press charges against him or not.
