Police in Kwakwani, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), are on the hunt for a truck driver who stabbed his wife and fatally stabbed another man in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Dead is 30-year-old Joshua Dianid, a truck driver of Kwakwani Staff Hill, Upper Berbice River. Cavita Williams, a 36-year-old labourer of Kwakwani Airstrip, was injured during the ordeal. She is said to be in a stable condition at the Kwakwani Hospital.
Reports are that the incident occurred at about 02:10h at the Double Deuce Creek Site (Bush Pool), Kwakwani Staff Hill.
This publication understands that the suspect of Kwakwani Staff Hill, Upper Berbice River, saw his wife and Dianid together at a football match and became enraged. He confronted them and a heated argument ensued during which the suspect broke a bottle and stabbed the woman on both of her hands. Upon seeing this, Dianid intervened but was stabbed multiple times to his left side abdomen by the jilted husband, who escaped after committing the act. This publication was told that the woman and the suspect had separated about a month ago. Both injured persons were rushed to the Kwakwani Hospital, where Dianid succumbed an hour later and Williams was treated. Police have since visited the scene and an investigation has been launched.
