Manchester, Jamaica – A political assembly resulted in bloodshed on Friday evening after a lethal altercation between two males, each reportedly supporters of the ruling Jamaica Labour Occasion (JLP), at a newly opened constituency workplace in Sedburgh, Manchester.
The deceased has been recognized as 53-year-old Andrew Hendricks, a farmer of Christiana in Manchester.
Based on police reviews, the incident unfolded round 8:50 p.m. throughout a political gathering on the Jamaica Labour Occasion’s Manchester North Japanese constituency workplace.
Eyewitnesses say Hendricks obtained right into a heated confrontation with one other man. It’s alleged that Hendricks attacked the person with a knife, stabbing him as soon as. The person reportedly managed to disarm Hendricks and turned the weapon on him — inflicting a number of stab wounds.
Hendricks was rushed to the Percy Junor Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless on arrival.
A senior police supply confirmed that each males had been believed to be JLP supporters and that the altercation could have stemmed from a private dispute.
Police at the moment are on the hunt for the person concerned within the stabbing and are urging him to show himself in instantly.
This incident has despatched shockwaves all through the Manchester North Japanese constituency and comes at a time when tensions are excessive with the looming normal elections.
