Police are currently questioning persons who witnessed the fatal stabbing of Jamal Clarke on Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust last Saturday night, but are yet to make an arrest.

Stabroek News learnt from a senior police source yesterday afternoon that police have not yet taken anyone into custody for the murder of Clarke, 21, an orphan who resided at Louisa Row, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.

On Saturday evening, the police source said, confirming Stabroek News’ earlier report, Clarke’s attackers threw hot soup on him and later went to his Louisa Row residence where a verbal confrontation erupted. Clarke, according to the police source, returned to the Norton Street location where he began arguing with his attackers and was subsequently wounded.

A post-mortem examination will be conducted on the man’s body tomorrow.
Residents had told Stabroek News on Sunday that Clarke was walking along Norton Street when four young men approached him. An argument erupted between the men and led to a physical confrontation. During the struggle, residents had reported, Clarke wounded one of his attackers on the arm before sustaining a fatal wound.

“I don’t really know exactly is wah happen,” a man, who declined to identify himself, had told this newspaper. “All I know is that he and these boys been arguing and they end up in a fight and the only thing I really see was he [Clarke] on de road bleeding.”

Residents had also said that Clarke’s attackers lived in the vicinity of Norton Street and expressed the hope that police would soon be able to arrest them. They further described the gang as “dangerous”.