A 26-year-old man was yesterday stabbed to death by a group of fishermen at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara.
Dead is Munaff Azeem, a father of one and a fisherman of Lot 49 Anna Catherina.
It was reported that he was not the intended victim as the fishermen were in search of his brother-in-law.
Nazim Azeem, a cousin of the victim, told Stabroek News that at approximately 08:30 am yesterday an argument ensued between Munaff Azeem and seven fishermen. He said upon seeing this he rushed to the scene six houses away from him.
“After me see he ah argue me stand up six houses away and he ah row row. Me lef and walk to see wah the problem about.”
Nazim related that while he was walking towards his cousin to ask what was the problem, his cousin was stabbed in the stomach.
“One ah them boy pull out a knife, grabble he and ketch he at the stomach corner. When I see all the blood I know it was serious. He give two hiccups and he dead in meh hand”, the cousin said.
Munaff Azeem’s brother-in-law was the man the fishermen were looking for.
“Them man stab de wrong man, the brother-in-law was the man that they wanted. Then after the stabbing them man saying is de wrong man them stab. The brother-in-law seh is he them come for”, the cousin said.
The man said that the family is demanding justice.
“If he and them had problem and it was he them want, well then that would ah be something else but fuh know that he nah had no problem with them and them kill he. We want justice because ah the brother-in-law them did want. Even when them ah walk way them ah seh wrong man them bore deh”, the cousin said.
Police Division #3 commander, Mahendra Sewnarine told Stabroek News that a group of fishermen had an argument over a seine. One was stabbed and pronounced dead at the hospital and the others are in police custody.
