Kareem Durant, a 13-year-old student of the Carmel Secondary School and a resident of ‘D’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, has been fatally stabbed by his 11-year-old friend during an altercation that took place at Cummings Park in ‘E’ Field Sophia at about 19:10h on Sunday.
Police reports are that Durant and the suspect had been known to each other, and usually would play together in the community. On the day in question, the 11-year-old was sitting on a stock of PVC pipes that are stored on the parapet at the side of his home when the victim went up to him and pushed him off of the pipes.
The suspect fell to the ground, but got up and ran inside his home and informed his older brother, who then approached the victim, calling him in the presence of the suspect and enquiring what had happened between them.
An argument ensued, and Durant left and returned in the company of another male, who was armed with a pair of scissors. He approached the older brother of the suspect and dealt him a stab to his lower left side back. Upon seeing what had happened, the 11-year-old suspect pulled out a knife from his pants waist and dealt the victim a stab to his left side chest.
The victim ran in a westerly direction, and collapsed on the parapet in front of his home. His older brother picked him up and took him to Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said on Wednesday that the scene was processed by ranks of the Crime Laboratory, and a brown handle knife which is suspected to be the murder weapon was recovered in a nearby trench in the vicinity of the scene. A pair of scissors was also recovered next to where the victim had fallen. Both the knife and the scissors have been collected by Police.
The suspect was arrested at the scene and escorted to the Turkeyen Police Station in the company of his father.
The body of the victim has been taken to the GPHC mortuary, and investigations are ongoing.