A domestic dispute in Baramita, Northwest District, ended in tragedy on Friday evening when 20-year-old miner Kevin Smith was fatally stabbed by his 19-year-old girlfriend, Nadria James.
According to investigators, the couple had been living together in a wooden and plastic camp for about a year when, on September 18, at around 17:00h, James reportedly returned home after consuming alcohol and found Smith lying in a hammock.
Upon seeing James, Smith armed himself with a cutlass and chopped James on her left shoulder and right hand. In retaliation, James allegedly drew a handmade knife from her waist and stabbed him on the left side of his chest.
Smith staggered out of the camp and collapsed in nearby bushes, while James fled to the Baramita Police Station, where she reported the incident.
Police later accompanied her back to the scene, where Smith was discovered lying motionless with a visible stab wound.
He was rushed to the Baramita Cottage Hospital, where Medex Holy Hedglow pronounced him dead. His body remains at the hospital, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
James has since been taken into custody and remains under investigation.
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