A 33-year-old Jamaican man was fatally stabbed on Sunday in Turks and Caicos.
The identity of the deceased has not been released; however, he is said to have been employed as a chef.
According to police reports, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Control Room received a report that a man had been stabbed in the Palm Grove neighborhood at around 3:39 a.m.
It is reported that officers from the Grand Turk Police found the Jamaican bleeding from what appeared to be a stab wound to the chest. He was later pronounced dead.
According to Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police Michael Francois, two persons of interest have been detained by the police as a result of initial investigations.
Last year Turks and Caicos Islands Governor Nigel John Dakin said the security situation in the British Overseas Territory is related to Jamaican gangs and serious transnational crime rather than international terrorism.
“It remains ongoing, and it will not stop, unless we stop it,” Dankin told the House of Assembly as he made reference to the surge in gang violence on the island.
