Two people were stabbed to death in Morne Escarpe in Rivière-Pilote during the night from Wednesday 11 to Thursday 12 January 2023. An argument about alcoholism broke out between two members of the same family.
Jean-Claude Samyde • Published January 12, 2023 at 08:15, updated January 12, 2023 at 09:13
This Thursday, January 12, 2023, around 2 a.m., a family dispute broke out in a district of Rivière-Pilote. Two men died under unclear circumstances.
Around 3 a.m., help was called to treat a person with stab wounds to his abdomen. The latter succumbed to her injuries.
A second victim, seriously injured with a knife, also died in the adjacent area.
The argument between the two men took place at a neighbor’s house, where one of the two men took refuge to await help. The man has since died.
The gendarmes and the criminal police are on site in the Morne Escarpe district this Thursday morning.
According to the first findings of the investigation, in the middle of the night there was a quarrel between two brothers on the background of alcoholism.
The gendarmes are trying to determine the circumstances of these two stabbings, which took place between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. this Thursday morning.
These are the first two murders of 2023 in Martinique