Teen stabbed to death while making peace between fighting friends

A teenager was on Saturday stabbed to death at Leopold Street, Georgetown, after he attempted to make peace between two friends who were involved in a fight.
Dead is 18-year-old Noel Richard Frazer, a driver who was attached to Banks DIH Limited and of Lot 101 Leopold Street. When Guyana Times arrived at the scene, the teen’s body was already removed.
His mother, Carol Frazer, explained that she was in her house when she heard a commotion outside and did not pay it any mind.

She said as it continued, she went out, only to see her son trying to separate his friends who were fighting. During the scuffle, one of the young men turned his anger on Noel.
The woman stated that she went to intervene but her son had already been stabbed in the chest. “I tried, I tried to part him, to part him. I held on to my son but he ran into the neighbour yard and fall down. I don’t know what is the problem the other two boys had but he was just there trying to get them to stop fighting,” the woman said.
The aggrieved mother related that her son has always been a peacemaker, and she recently warned him to stop doing so.
“Noel is a peaceful child; he doesn’t like problems… he was wounded suddenly. Up to the other day, I warned him to stop going to part people and being a peacemaker because does get hurt in the process, and that is exactly how he lost his life.”
She further added that after the stabbing incident, the perpetrator buckled from the scene and has since gone into hiding.
“All the fence got knocked down during the fight…when I go and see and see my son in the neighbour yard, he was lying down with his eye and mouth open and I started hollering. I got so confused I ran out without a bra and run to call my big son.”

Noel was transported to the Georgetown Hospital by Police where doctors attempted to save his life but their efforts proved futile.
“My son is very intelligent and he goes to church…that is why he tries to make peace. He had no problems with the people that were fighting, they are people that he knows,” the tearful mother said.
The family said the teen’s sudden death has not only brought them pain but also a strain on their already stretched finances, given their current financial situation.
“We [she and her reputed husband] struggled very hard to take care of our children… I am so hurt about this because he is just 18 years old.” The woman said she is hoping that justice will be served for her son soon.
“I need justice, I need justice for my son,” the woman said.