Bloody Maldon........Two students stabbed, one dead
October 20, 2006
MALDON, St James - A Grade 11 male student of the Maldon High School was stabbed to death outside the school's gate yesterday afternoon, allegedly by the relative of another student who was stabbed and injured earlier on the school's compound.
The dead student was identified as Cleon Levine, 16, of Granville in the parish.
Meanwhile, the student who was stabbed on the school's compound, and whose identity was being withheld by the police, was said to be in serious condition in hospital.
According to the police, the first stabbing incident resulted from a dispute which involved two male students on the grounds of the school. It ended with one of the students using a knife to stab the other just below his left breast. The injured student was taken to hospital.
Sources at the troubled St James school told the Observer that the fatal stabbing occurred just outside the school compound shortly after the afternoon shift got underway.
School, however, remained in session and only a few students were seen milling around the area where the incident occurred. However, the pool of blood on the road was evidence of the grisly incident.
Irvin Atkinson, the school's vice principal, yesterday expressed disappointment over the tragedy....
Author: Horace Hines
Source: Jamaica Observer
