THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) said, yesterday, that, contrary to a news article published in the Guyana Times of Monday, March 4, no person was stabbed to death during the Berbice Mash on March 3.

The police statement said the facts are that, at about 15:15 hrs, Orin Haynes, 30, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam and another man, both of whom were allegedly under the influence of alcohol, had a misunderstanding which developed into an altercation.
Haynes was armed with an ice-pick which was, subsequently, taken away from him and thrown away by the other man.
At that stage, Haynes was running when he fell and received injuries to his face. He was admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital while the other man was arrested by the police.