DPP advises Police to conduct further probe

Linden student stabbing

…suspect released after court refuses extension

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the Police to conduct further investigations into the stabbing of a 15-year-old Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School.
The teen was stabbed to her back with a Rambo knife by a schoolmate during a fight on Thursday last.

Regional Commander Hugh Winter confirmed that the 12-year-old sister of the suspect was released from Police custody on Saturday. However, the 14-year-old old main suspect was released from Police custody on Tuesday.
The Commander added that the Police moved to the court to have an additional 72 hours period extension to keep the teen in custody. However, this request was denied by the court. As such, she was released.
Meanwhile, the victim of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden remains a patient at the Intensive Care Unit at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC). Her condition is listed as stable.
She is expected to begin eating solid food today, this newspaper was told.
A hospital official had confirmed that the student, who was stabbed to her lower back with a 12 inch “Rambo” knife, underwent five hours of emergency surgery and was transported to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) early on Friday morning.
According to the official, the student suffered extensive injuries to her muscles, tendons and several of her internal organs including her lungs, spleen, diaphragm and stomach. She was being closely monitored while in the ICU over a 24-hour period.
The stabbing occurred at about 15:00h at Third Corner, Central Amelia’s Ward and was caught on camera and shared on social media.
Based on reports received, the injured student was involved in a physical altercation with another female student of the said school when she was stabbed. The suspect is the older sister of the student with whom the victim had the altercation.
In the video seen by this publication, the knife was left protruding from the child’s back as she bled profusely. She can be seen in the video begging for help to be taken to the hospital but no one immediately assisted. In the video, persons can be seen passing by but did not render assistance. Students from the school who were cheering on when the fight started were seen running away when the teen was stabbed. She was eventually assisted after she rushed into the moving traffic.
Meanwhile, the injured student’s mother is calling for justice for her child.
“This incident could have been avoided by passers-by, by students, the teachers, the guard and I don’t know what happened. They leave my child lying on the road with a knife in her back and I can’t take it like that I need justice,” the clearly distraught mother had said.