A 30-year-old man is now hospitalized after he was stabbed three times by a man with whom he had a previous misunderstanding.
According to a release from the police, Orcsenio Benn of Providence, East Bank Demerara was stabbed at around 20:30 hrs on Tuesday in Charlestown in the vicinity of Humphrey’s Bakery.
Investigation has thus far revealed that the victim and suspect are known to each other, and on the date and time the victim was standing on the western side of the street, in company of the suspect’s brother.
Benn, the release said, was about to leave to get transportation when the suspect approach-ed from the northern direction of Ketley Street on a bicycle and dealt him three stabs, two to the centre of his chest and one to the right side of his head. The suspect then escaped along the said street.
The two, the police said, had a prior misunderstanding.
The victim was picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal Corporation (GPHC) where his condition is listed as stable.
Investigations are ongoing
