Girl stabbed to death, schoolmate held
ROSHANE Case, a 15-year-old student of the Glengoffe Comprehensive High School in St Catherine was fatally stabbed during a dispute with another female student at the school yesterday.
Case’s cousin, also a student at the rural St Catherine school, received stab wounds and was admitted to hospital.
The police reported yesterday that at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon, Case and a schoolmate were involved in a dispute during which a knife was used to stab Case in the left breast. Case’s cousin, the police reported, intervened in the argument and was also stabbed.
Both injured students were taken to hospital where Case died and her cousin admitted.
The Glengoffe police have subsequently taken the 15 year-old accused of the stabbings into custody as they commence investigations.