A 28-year-old man was killed early yesterday by a man, with whom he had a long-standing grievance and who fled after the incident at Wanakai, North West District.

Dead is Martin Daniels of Holoquai, Upper Aruka River. Police said in a statement that the incident occurred at about 3 am yesterday at Wana-kai.

Before his demise, the police said, Daniels, together with the suspect and others had completed  self-help work  at about 6 pm on Saturday “and were imbibing  when the suspect as a result of an old grievance dealt Daniels a blow to the head with a piece of wood and fled”.

Daniels was taken to the Mabaruma hospital but died before receiving medical attention. His body is awaiting a post-mortem examination as investigations continue, said the police.