PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Sept 11, CMC – Police say a 19-year-old person is assisting their investgations into a family dispute in the village of Galibi, a remote coastal resort and Indigenous village area in northeast Suriname that led to the stabbing death of one person.
The police said that preliminary information indicates that the victim became involved in an argument with his 19-year-old cousin and that as the altercation escalated, the cousin grabbed a knife and stabbed his uncle in the back.
Villagers managed to apprehend the suspect shortly after the incident and handed him over to the authorities.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death of the uncle, whose identity was not disclosed.
The police said that the cousin, who has also not been identified has since been taken into custody assisting with their investigations.
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