Popeshead Street stabbing becomes country’s second homicide of 2022

A man in his mid-30s has become the country’s second homicide victim this year.

State media report that the man was stabbed outside a popular restaurant on Popeshead Street Tuesday night. 

Police say he and another man were involved in an altercation,  which escalated into the stabbing.  The cause of the argument is not known at this time.

The man believed to have inflicted the fatal wound is now in custody assisting the Police with investigations.

Residents who know the victim say he was an expatriate and a trainer at a local gym.