Labourer stabbed to death with BBQ fork

A 32-year-old labourer was on Sunday stabbed to death with a barbecue fork, after an altercation between himself and a fisherman.
Dead is Balchan “Avai” Baichan, who had no fixed place of abode.
Reports are the incident occurred at about 13:20h at the suspect’s house, located at Logwood Squatting Area, Enmore North, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Police investigation revealed that the 67-year-old suspect was imbibing on his verandah when Baichan entered his yard. According to the police, the fisherman asked him to leave but he refused. This led to an argument and the suspect then armed himself with a barbecue fork and stabbed Baichan to his neck. The injured man was rushed to the Nabacalis Health Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His body was later taken to Jerrick’s Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, the pensioner was taken into custody and is assisting with the investigation.
Just last October, a 22-year-old fisherman was knifed to death in front of his home by a young man with whom he had an old grievance. Noel Singh of Lot 33 Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, was returning home from a local bar where he and his friends had been consuming alcohol and as he arrived in front of his yard, he was confronted by the suspect.
This led to a continuation of an argument the duo had some six days prior to the stabbing incident. The row, however, escalated and the suspect reportedly whipped out a knife from his waistband and stabbed Singh twice to the left side of his chest and once to his back. He then cut the fisherman along his left wrist.
As a result, Singh collapsed and fell into a drain in front of his yard. He managed to climb out and was picked up by one of his friends, who raised an alarm. The injured teen’s brother and others rushed him to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, West Coast Demerara (WCD), but he was pronounced dead on arrival.