The murder of a 17-year-old boy yesterday has pushed the homicide rate to 81 for this year.
Adona Parbo, of Freeman Street, East La Penitence, was stabbed to death around 20:00 hrs during a dispute with two other youths on the West Ruimveldt front road.
According to reports, Parbo had just left a masjid when he was attacked and stabbed by two youths on bicycles.
He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he succumbed.
Statistics released by the Guyana Police Force yesterday showed a 14 per cent rise in murders between January and the end of June, in comparison to the same period last year.