NWD man stabbed to death after allegedly caught stealing

An East Coast Demeara (ECD) resident was arrested in connection with the stabbing to death of a labourer at Port Kaituma Water Front North West District (NWD) on Friday evening.
Dead is 24-year-old Joel Ramitt of Red Hill, NWD.
Police stated that on April 01, the 44-year-old suspect booked a room at an apartment complex and remained there until April 7.
However, at about 23:00h on Friday, he reportedly secured his room and left but a short while after Ramjit was seen jumping through a window from his room with a haversack on his back.
Ramjit was nevertheless cornered and taken to the suspect who identified the haversack to be his.
Police stated that at the time, the suspect whipped out a knife from his waist and dealt the victim one stab to his abdomen. The victim managed to run to the Port Kaituma Police Station where he reported the stabbing incident.
The ranks, police stated observed the victim’s intestines were protruding and immediately rushed him to Port Kaituma Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition.
The suspect was arrested in his room where a blood-stained black-handled knife suspected to be the murder weapon was found. Ramjit subsequently succumbed to his injuries at about 08:00h on Saturday. The suspect is expected to be arraigned with the capital offense of murder in the new week.