Detectives in Regional Division 4’A’ are investigating the murder of 52-year-old Shawn George of Vlissengen Square, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
The police last night said that the man was stabbed during an altercation with another man, a 34-year-old resident of West Ruimveldt around 5 pm in front of a shop located at Vlissengen Square.
Inquiries revealed that the victim was at the shop sitting on a bench, when the assailant rode past on a motorcycle and verbally abused him. George shouted back at the suspect, telling him that he (the suspect) should repeat the insult to his face.
The assailant stopped, came off the motorcycle, and approached George, after which a scuffle ensued.