Labourer dies after being chopped in family dispute in Sophia

Dead: Emmanuel Rose

A 19-year-old labourer of Port Kaituma, North West District was chopped to death at his family’s home at Lot 122 Block ‘F’ North Sophia, on Sunday. Dead is Emmanuel Rose.

Enquires revealed that Rose died after a large crowd of men and women chased after he, his brother Ezekiel Proffitt and a friend, Shemar Jordan, throwing large stones at them. They ran into their home followed by their attackers who chopped Jordan in the head and mouth. Emmanuel and his brother were also chopped about their bodies. Jordan claimed he managed to run out of the house and hid himself until the police and ambulance arrived and Emmanuel was found dead at the scene.