A 24-year-old welder was stabbed to death on Saturday night during a scuffle with several people at a birthday party at Lot 37 Lust-en-Rust, West Bank Demerara.
According to a release from the police, Allie Mark Augustine of Lot 28 Lust-en-Rust, West Bank Demerara, was murdered at about 22:30 hrs on Saturday by persons unknown, even though four people are now in custody.
The release said an investigation revealed that Augustine was at a birthday party when an argument started between him and a group of villagers over an old grievance. The argument was followed by a scuffle between him and a few young men, which resulted in him being stabbed, after which he ran a short distance away and collapsed in a nearby yard.
The police were summoned and a single wound was observed in Augustine’s left armpit. He was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty. The body is at the Ezekiel Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
The police said that several people were questioned, and as a result of the information received, four arrests were made. Those individuals are in custody.
