Man stabbed to death, brother hospitalised in St Ann sibling dispute

ST ANN, Jamaica— A man is dead, and his brother admitted to hospital following a domestic dispute in Cascade, St Ann, Wednesday afternoon.

The dead man’s identity has not yet been ascertained. However, he is believed to be in his 50's.

Preliminary reports are that sometime after 5:00 pm, the brothers, who are both farmers, got into an altercation during which one chopped the other. During the dispute, a sharp object was also used to inflict stab wounds.

Both injured brothers were rushed to the Percy Junor Hospital on the Manchester/ Clarendon border, where one succumbed to the stab wounds he sustained, while the other has been hospitalised.

Efforts to get a comment from the leadership of the St Ann police division were unsuccessful up to press time.

— Kasey Williams