Twenty-year-old Nickel Leacock, who was knifed to death along a trail in the Blackwater Backdam, Region Eight on Tuesday, died of shock and haemorrhaging due to internal bleeding, his sister said.
A post-mortem examination was performed yesterday on his remains and his family is making preparations for his burial this weekend in Mahdia.
The young miner was found dead along the trail by a group of Brazilians early on Tuesday morning. He was headed into the village to deliver goods to his father, who was working in the area. But when he arrived in the area, he became involved in a row with another man and the next morning he was found dead with stab wounds to his lower back.
Crime Chief Leslie James stated that police were still investigating the matter. A police source, however, stated that the man who carried out the alleged attack is still under arrest. The source further stated that the man continues to assert his innocence.
Leacock’s sister, Nicola, has stated that her brother would have been alive if she had not persuaded him to go and help their father in the backdam.