Argument between miners leaves one dead in Mahdia
Dead: Akeem Ceaser
Dead: Akeem Ceaser

AN argument between two drunken men on Wednesday at Blackwater Backdam, Konawaruk, Mahdia, ended in the death of one of them.

Dead is Akeem Ceaser, 24, a miner of Wismar, Linden.

Reports indicate that the victim was at a shop imbibing with friends when an argument ensued between him and a male known as “Selwin”, which resulted in a physical encounter.
The duo were parted by a 21- year-old miner and shortly after, while the victim was reportedly standing on the road conversing with the said individual who stopped the fight, a male armed with a shotgun approached.

The gunman then allegedly shot the victim once in the left foot, gun- butted him in the head and fled the scene.

The victim was taken to Mahdia District Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival; the body is at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting an autopsy
The suspect, a security guard, who goes by the alias “Tallman”, is currently being sought.

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