Boy fatally chopped at No.70 village

The police say that at about 1915h yesterday, mechanic Sasenarine Persaud called “Suraj”, 17 years of No. 70 Village, Corentyne, intervened in an argument between his step-father and some men, during which he was assaulted and chopped to his body. Persaud was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where he was pounced DOA, police said.

A suspect who was subsequently found with injuries is presently under guard at the New Amsterdam Hospital, the police say.