Rosignol labourer fatally stabbed in rum shop

Vickram Bickramajeet

A 35-year-old labourer of Burnham Avenue, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice was stabbed to death around 4:40 pm yesterday while consuming alcohol at a rum shop in the village.

Reports are that Vickram Bickramajeet suffered a wound under his left arm with a broken bottle following an argument. His attacker, a cousin reportedly plunged the bottle into him and turned it before pulling it out, causing him to bleed profusely.

He was rushed to the Fort Wellington