Mahdia miner dies after being stabbed during scuffle

Seon Grant
Seon Grant

A thirty-six-year-old porknocker of De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara, succumbed to his stab wounds while waiting to be medivacked to the capital yesterday morning.

The victim who has been identified as Seon Grant of Lot 36, De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara, was stabbed twice by a man with whom he had an altercation at Nine Miles Mahdia.

Police said the victim died while waiting to be medivacked to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Grant was stabbed by a chain-saw operator, who he had confronted in order to clarify derogatory comments directed at him (Grant).

Police said Grant and suspect were drinking at a rum shop at Nine Miles, Mahdia. At around 1.30 am yesterday, they both left the shop.

The suspect and his brother were walking home through a trail when Grant approached them on a motorcycle and confronted the suspect.

Grant then allegedly hopped off his motorcycle and pushed the suspect which resulted in a scuffle between the two. Police said that the suspect, who was at the time armed with a long black handled knife, stabbed the victim twice.

Grant was stabbed to the right side of his neck and to the right side of his abdomen.

After being stabbed Grant fell to the ground and was picked up by bystanders who rushed him to the Mahdia Regional Hospital.

The suspect was arrested and is presently in custody assisting with the investigation.