A 13-year-old boy was beaten and chopped to death during an argument on Sunday evening and the police have since arrested three persons for questioning.
Dead is Daveanand Sanichar called ‘Dave’ of Lot 83-84 Plantain Walk, Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Following the incident, which occurred around 11.30 pm on Sunday at Plantain Walk Access Road, Triumph, ECD, outside a ‘wedding house’, Sanichar was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Commander of ‘C’ Division Paul Williams informed Stabroek News that three persons were held for questioning shortly after the incident. The suspected murder weapon, a cutlass, was recovered in a trench yesterday.
The police, in a press release, said investigations have revealed that Sanichar was attending a function in the village when he and some men had an altercation over a female.
Sanichar subsequently left and returned with a cutlass, after which a further argument ensued and one of the men dealt Sanichar a chop to his head. “Whilst on the ground, he was given a severe beating with a stick,” the police said.
At the dead teenager’s home yesterday