Family feud ends in fisherman being stabbed to death at wake house

A Corentyne fisherman is now dead after his brother-in-law allegedly stabbed him on Thursday night.
Dead is 22-year-old Michael Jackson, called ‘Junior’, of Number 72 Village, Corentyne.
The incident occurred at about 21:00h on Thursday at Fourth Street, Number 76 Village Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) during a wake. Jackson was stabbed in the back, and succumbed to his injuries at the Skeldon Hospital.
Jackson’s sister Selina Gobin has said she was at the bridge by the wake house when her brother informed her that his brother-in-law had stabbed him. He then ran into his mother’s house, and she followed him there.
“He go in inside and raise up his shirt and show me his back where he get bore. When I check I didn’t see nothing, and he say is at the side. When I check at the side, there was a bore, and he say that he feeling dizzy like he get inside bleeding,” she detailed.
Gobin said she covered the wound and called a neighbour to assist with taking Jackson to the hospital. Sometime after being taken to the Skeldon Hospital, family members received news that he had passed away.

Gobin said that even though she was sitting on the bridge, she did not see or hear anything. “The street was full with people, and there was loud music, so I didn’t hear nothing,” she explained.
Police have said the alleged suspect is Jackson’s 27-year-old brother-in-law.
Jackson’s mother, Radica Rajkumar, has said this brother-in-law and her son had had an ongoing feud that commenced in February.
Explaining that her son-in-law lived with her, she declared, “They said Terrence bore ‘Junior’ and they carrying (Junior) to the hospital. A couple days ago, they had an argument and they had a fight. The fight start at Number 77, and they end up here. I try to part them. Terrence had a cutlass and ‘Junior’ had a wood. I take away the cutlass from Terrence, and they cuss up one another; both of them cuss one another. ‘Junior’ left and he went home. Now he come to the wake house for two days, and I didn’t see he tell Terrence nothing, but what happen last night I don’t know,” the mother said.
According to her, there had been an ongoing feud between Jackson and her son-in-law. It stemmed from an incident that occurred in February, when Jackson was taking his niece and nephew out and their father, who was coming home, was not pleased with the clothes his children were wearing on the road.
Rajkumar explained that during the argument between the two men, her son had been abusive towards her, and that had prompted her to ask him to leave the home. He and his girlfriend had since been living at Number 72 Village, after he had had a brief sojourn in Suriname.
“When he come this side, he would go across the road; the same place where the wake was. Sometimes he would come over here, but I don’t speak to him because how he does go on on me. If he want something, he does get it, but I don’t talk to him,” she said.
Rajkumar has said that although she was not on speaking terms with her son, she does not take his death lightly.
“I want justice! It is two of my children gone under that one family, and I want justice! If the brother-in-law has to go to jail, I am not concerned!” she declared.
Rajkumar believes that witchcraft is responsible for her daughter’s demise.
Meanwhile, the suspect has since gone into hiding as police continue their investigations. (G4)