TWO persons are in police custody following the stabbing of 18-year-old Sherwyn Lynch, whose body was found in a prone position at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, on Wednesday evening.Reports are that one of the men was arrested after he was found in possession of the now dead man’s mobile phone; while the other had sustained a stab wound to one of his hands, which he reportedly received during an attack.

The teen, who hails from Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, according to his neighbour who wished to remain unidentified, was found face down on the Plaisance Railway Embankment.

Lynch’s neighbour had disclosed: “I was travelling home to Plaisance from UG when suddenly the bus stopped and everyone came out to see a body that was lying face down on the roadside. And when they turn him over, I saw it was Sherwyn.”

She said he had apparently suffered three stab wounds on the left side of his body. Passersby took him to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Speaking to the Guyana Chronicle, his sister Tomika Solomon said she was notified of the incident at about 21:00hrs, and rushed to the hospital, where she confirmed the sad news.