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Teen on the run after stabbing Sophia schoolboy
– female relative of suspect allegedly also in hiding
A 14-year-old school boy is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was stabbed to his abdomen Saturday evening by another youth over a bitter feud.
Andrew Clarke of Lot 201 C Field Sophia was allegedly attacked by a lad from the same community who confronted him over a scuffle they had in an Internet Cafe three days prior.
Police are still to apprehend the 16-year-old suspect, and a female relative of the assailant, who allegedly participated in the attack, is reportedly also in hiding.
The victim, who spoke with this publication from his hospital bed, recounted how the ordeal unfolded on Saturday evening at approximately 19:30 hrs.
Clarke said that he and one of his cousins whose name was given as Ezekiel, had on Thursday visited an internet cafe which is located at ‘Fourth Corner’ in C Field, Sophia to do some research on a school project. Clarke said that while at the internet cafe he and his cousin got into a scuffle with a boy, identified only as ‘Joe’ after Joe claimed that Clarke had deliberately hit him on his shoulder.
Andrew Clarke on his hospital bed
“I passed close to the boy because plenty persons were in the café, and my shoulder jam Joe and he turn around and slap me,” the schoolboy said.
Clarke further stated that his cousin and Joe got into a fight at the shop and afterward they went home.
He said that on Friday evening, he and the cousin were heading home when ‘Joe’ and a group of his friends confronted them.
“While me and my cousin walking, Joe and his friends walked up to me and my cousin and (Joe) turned to me and asked if I wanted me and him to cuff it out in the street and finish the matter.”
The lad said that he and his cousin continued walking but Joe allegedly picked up a piece of wood and struck him before walking away with his friends.
Clarke said that after Joe and his friends left, he and his cousin walked and went home, but he did not tell his mother what had transpired between him and Joe.
Clarke said that on Saturday evening he was on his way to a shop to buy plantain chips, when he saw ‘Joe’ and another male standing at the corner.
The teen said that he took a different route, then bought the chips and went home. He claimed that he was sitting outside his home when he saw ‘Joe’ and a female relative approaching.
He alleged that the woman “hold me down and start to hit me all over my body,” then told ‘Joe’ to “come and deal with me.” He said that ‘Joe’ then stabbed him in the stomach.
“When I lift up my jersey the blood started to spray out so I manage to open the gate and called my mother.
The mother of the injured lad, Jennifer Dharundan, stated that after she heard her son called out for her she rushed to him and saw him holding his abdomen. “When I reach in front I saw blood gushing out from the wound.” The woman stated that she along with other family members rushed him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he underwent emergency surgery.
The woman said that after the incident she made a report at the Turkeyen Police Station.
One family member lamented that if two young boys in the community have a problem it should not get to the point to turn violent.
“Even if the parent wanted to get involve she should have taken her son to the home and let both parents sit down with their son and find a solution; not holding a child down so that the other one could get the opportunity to beat the next one up. That’s not the way parents should think and act.”
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