Basketball coach stabbed to death

Basketball coach stabbed to death

MANILA (AFP): Rogelio Melencio, basketball coach of the Philippine national team, was slain by knife-wielding assailants here, police said yesterday.

Melencio, 62, who at once coached Kuwait's national team, was attacked inside a pub here along with a friend who was wounded, police spokesmen told AFP.

The official Philippine News Agency said two soldiers -- a marine and a navyman -- were subsequently arrested in the stabbing, but this could not be independently confirmed.