Cuban national stabs ex-lover to death, takes own life
A Cuban national has reportedly stabbed his ex-lover to death at their Station Street, Kitty apartment before taking his own life. The woman was identified as 25-year-old Junie Florida but the identity of the alleged killer was not immediately known.
The incident occurred early Saturday evening at the apartment where the two foreigners resided despite the woman ending the relationship a few days ago.
Guyana Times understands that the man returned home on Saturday afternoon and found his ex-lover on her phone. This reportedly angered him and an argument erupted between them.
In a fit of rage, he reportedly armed himself with a knife and stabbed the woman several times to her chest in the presence of her brother and a female friend.
The brother and the friend rushed to her aid and in response, the man went into the apartment where he was later found hanging.
The house where the incident took place
One neighbour told media operatives that the couple had a fight on Friday but it seemed that things had settled by the following day.
“She tell he she didn’t want nothing to do with he, so they separated. She stayed in [one] room and he stayed in [another] room. So, everybody say ‘well everything normal’,” he related.
However, late Saturday afternoon, the neighbour said he heard shouting in the yard.
“When I come out, I see he… with the girl right there and he stabbed the girl,” the man recalled.
The area where the incident occurred was enclosed with grills, which the male suspect had padlocked. According to the neighbour, he along with others tried to break the lock to get into the grilled area.
“A couple of we tried to break and by the time he hear that, he gone inside. And me ain’t know he hang himself,” the man added.
Police are continuing their investigations.
