Two dead, two injured in Oropune Gardens stabbing

An altercation among residents of an apartment complex at Oropune Gardens, Piarco which started on Good Friday turned tragic on March 30 after two men were stabbed to death and two other people injured.

Police raided the suspect's apartment shortly after the incident and detained him.

Initial police reports said around noon on Saturday, the suspect, of Building 16, stabbed a 19-year-old of Building 15 several times in the back with an icepick.

Eyewitnesses reported the suspect then armed himself with a nine-inch-long knife and stabbed Imtiaz Mohammed, 46, Imraz Mohammed, 23, and a 17-year-old girl.

The suspect was later locked in a nearby apartment until police arrived.

Imtiaz died at the scene. Imraz and the 17-year-old girl were taken to the hospital by ambulance. Imraz died at hospital while being treated, police said.

The 19-year-old who was stabbed with an icepick was taken to the hospital by a churchgoer who was in the area.

Piarco CID and the newly-established North Central Division major crimes unit, led by Sgt Thomas, responded.

The suspect was taken for treatment for injuries he suffered during the incident.