NA fight among relatives leaves one dead

A fight between relatives on Sunday evening in New Amsterdam, Berbice has left one man dead and another has been arrested for questioning.

Dead is Godfrey Daniels, 42, a labourer of Lot 17 Princess Elizabeth Road.

According to information gathered, the incident happened around 10.30 pm on Sunday along Princess Elizabeth Road.

Stabroek News was told that Daniels and a man identified to be his son in law were involved in a scuffle during which Daniels was allegedly broadsided.

Persons in the area yesterday said, that Daniels first went to the New Amsterdam Police Station and filed a report after which he succumbed to injuries sustained along the road.

The man’s son, Godfrey Daniels Jr, yesterday relayed that he was only informed of his father’s death through the funeral parlour which uplifted his father’s body.

The young man explained, that “The (funeral parlour) told me that they were not supposed to pick up the body because the police did not know about the body as yet and they had to drop back the body by we. I tell them that I didn’t know that my father get murder and that I coming over there just now and then I get a next phone call from my brother saying that my brother-in-law broadside him (father) in his face.”

According to the son, Daniels and the suspect who both reside at the said location had an ongoing issue and would often fight resulting in relatives including him having to intervene.

“Is a regular thing with them but my aunty does hide away things and don’t talk and right now they hiding things like they want the man (suspect) to go free but this story can’t go just so. We have to seek justice for he.”

Meanwhile, police have since arrested the suspect and a female for questioning.

Daniels was a father of fourteen and his children are calling for a thorough investigation to be carried out so that justice can be served.