An autopsy performed on the body of West Coast Demerara fisherman, Munaf Azeez, who was murdered on Monday, revealed that he died as a result of a perforated heart and lung due to stab wounds.
Police are awaiting a file from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as five men remain in custody.
A police press release stated that a post-mortem examination was conducted on Wednesday, by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, at the Ezekiel Funeral Home, Best Village, West Coast Demerara and the cause of death confirmed.
The body was then handed over to relatives for funeral arrangements. Azeez of Lot 49 Sea View Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara was stabbed to death at Anna Catherina on Monday. It was reported that he was not the intended victim as the fishermen were in search of his brother-in-law.
Nazim Azeez, a cousin of the victim, had related to the Stabroek News “Them man stab de wrong man, the brother-in-law was the man that they wanted. Then after the stabbing them man saying is de wrong man them stab. The brother-in-law seh is he them come for. The man said that the family is demanding justice.
“If he [the brother-in-law] and them had problem and it was he them want, well then that would ah be something else, but fuh know that he [Azeez] nah had no problem with them and them kill he. We want justice because ah the brother-in-law them did want. Even when them ah walk ‘way them ah seh wrong man them bore deh”, the cousin said.
