Schoolboy, 16, stabbed

Warren Semple in his hospital bed yesterday

A 16-year-old schoolboy is now hospitalised after he was stabbed and battered during an attack on Sunday night.

Warren Semple of Den Amstel Public Road, West Coast Demerara, is now an admitted patient of the West Demerara Regional Hospital after he received nine stab wounds along with several lashes about his body.

The attack on the Uitvlugt Secondary School student was allegedly carried out by an older youth, identified as “Jamal,” also known as ‘Daggering.’ No arrests have been made since the attack but police are continuing to investigate, a senior official told Stabroek News.

Stephon Greene, a relative of Semple who said he was with him when the attack occurred, related to this newspaper that sometime around 6 pm