– one arrested, two wanted

A SIXTEEN-year-old boy was attacked, beaten and stabbed to death on Tuesday by three teenagers at a Wash bay where he was employed at Front Road, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Dead is Jumal Park called “Cherio”, a labourer of Nonpareil Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.

Police Headquarters, in a statement, noted that the murder was committed by a 19-year-old labourer of Hunter Street, La Penitence; an 18-year-old unemployed man of West Ruimveldt along with a 17-year-old unemployed boy of La Penitence.

Police said that the victim was at work at “Wanita Wash Bay” washing a car when the 19-year-old, who was armed with a knife and the two others who were armed with pieces of wood, approached the wash bay.

They trio then called out to him and challenged the teen to a fight and began advancing towards him.

However, the victim retreated into a yard where he was stabbed to the left side of his chest and to his right upper arm by the 19-year-old, while the other suspects lashed him with the wood.

The victim, after being injured, ran into a house in the said yard through an open door and fell on the kitchen floor.

Police said that the owner of the house, who was at home at the time, heard the commotion and tried to protect the victim by preventing the suspects from entering and in the process, was stabbed on the left wrist by the 19-year -old.

The suspects then escaped west on Front Road, West Ruimveldt and north on Hunter Street to an unknown location.

The victim was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation by the home owner, where he was pronounced dead at 10:30 hours by a doctor on duty.

The teen’s body is currently at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary awaiting an autopsy. Police said the 18-year-old suspect was arrested and is in custody. Efforts are ongoing to arrest the other two suspects as investigations continue.