A Berbice cane harvester accused of stabbing a teenaged girl to death at Rosignol, West Berbice on Saturday after she reportedly ended a relationship with him, appeared in court yesterday charged with murder and was remanded to prison.
Shazam Kahlil, 22, of Lot 53 Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Blairmont Magistrate’s court charged with the murder of 19-year-old Sheniza Mohamed. It is alleged that the incident occurred on January 17, 2015. Kahlil was not required to plead to the capital offence and was remanded to prison. He will return to court on February 17th 2015.
An autopsy performed on Mohamed’s body on Tuesday by Dr. Vivekanand Bridgemohan revealed that the teen, of Lot 53, Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice died from shock and haemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds.
Mohamed was fatally stabbed at Rosignol at around 7pm on Saturday after she reportedly ended a relationship with Khalil. In a statement, police said that investigations revealed that Mohamed was “involved in an argument with a man with whom she is reported to have ended a relationship and during which she was stabbed about her body.” The teenager was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she later succumbed. The suspect fled and was subsequently arrested.
An eyewitness Mitra Sukdeo, 18, had told Stabroek News that after Mohamed picked up a cellular phone, he along with his sister and Mohamed ventured to the “Yang Zi” Chinese restaurant where his sister purchased food. While she was eating inside the restaurant, he and Mohamed were chatting outside. A few moments later, his sister called him and he went into the restaurant.
Sukdeo had related that as he entered, he heard a scream and upon turning around to check, he saw Mohamed holding her stomach. The teen recalled that he rushed to Mohamed and after observing her bleeding profusely, caught a car and rushed her to the Fort Wellington Hospital. She was subsequently transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she succumbed.
