Pa. plant worker fatally stabs colleague after prank

February 19, 2015 at 4:38p.m.

FRANCONIA, Pa. (AP) — A worker at a suburban Philadelphia meat rendering plant has been charged with fatally stabbing a colleague in response to a prank.

Authorities said today that 32-year-old Peter Atem killed 25-year-old Danny Vazquez on Wednesday at the MOPAC plant in Franconia Township.

Vazquez was killed one day after pulling a chair out from under Atem. Authorities say witnesses saw Atem stab the victim.

Police say they found Atem hiding in a shed with self-inflicted stab wounds, along with a note that said, “See you in hell. Life for life.”

Atem underwent surgery and remains hospitalized. He’s been charged with first-degree murder.