Police awaiting legal advice from DPP – Commander

Linden schoolgirl stabbing

As the 15-year-old Linden schoolgirl, who was stabbed in the back, remains hospitalised in a stable condition at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC), one of the two schoolgirls who were taken into custody in relation to the incident has been released.

Meanwhile, the 14-year-old main suspect in the case remains in custody as Police await legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the way forward. This was disclosed by Regional Commander, Superintendent Hugh Winter.
Meanwhile, an official attached to the LHC has confirmed that the victim is showing signs of improvement and her vital signs are looking “good”.
The two sisters, aged 14 and 12, who are students attached to the Linden Foundation Secondary school in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), were taken into Police custody for questioning in connection with the stabbing of their colleague last Thursday.
The victim, of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was stabbed to her lower back with a 12-inch “Rambo” knife during a fight with a First Form student. She underwent five hours of emergency surgery and was transported to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) early on Friday morning. According to the hospital official, the student suffered extensive injuries to her muscles, tendons and several of her internal organs including her lungs, spleen, diaphragm and stomach.
The incident 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 in the lower back allegedly by another female student with a “Rambo” type knife. The alleged perpetrator is said to be the older sister of the student the victim was involved in the fight with.
In the video, the knife can be seen lodged in her body as she bled profusely and pleaded with persons to be taken to the hospital.
Guyana Times understands that the student was rushed to the LHC and immediately taken into the operating theatre to undergo emergency surgery.

Justice
The injured student’s mother is calling for justice and for witnesses to come forward.
The woman, who is a self-employed single mother, noted that it is not the first time one of her children was injured by a student of the school. The injured student’s mother believes that the incident could have been avoided had someone intervened.
“This incident could have been avoided by passersby, 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 said.
This publication understands that teachers of the school had confiscated a similar knife as the one used to stab the student from a male student.