Robbers stab, throw senior off bus
A 60-year-old man died in the Kingston Public Hospital from stab wounds he received during a robbery on a coaster on Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10 yesterday afternoon, police told THE STAR.
The senior, identified as Errol Finn, of Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11, was attacked on the bus by men who robbed him of cash, stabbed him and threw him from the vehicle along the roadway, police say.
Information reaching THE STAR is that about 2:50 p.m., police were summoned to Hagley Park Road where it was reported that a man with several wounds had been thrown from a coaster bus.
Law officers, who went to the scene saw the man and took him to the hospital. Investigators later learnt that he had been held up aboard the bus and robbed of cash. His attackers then stabbed him and threw him from the vehicle. He later succumbed to his injuries.
The Half-Way Tree Police who are investigating, is appealing to anyone who has information on this murder or the whereabouts of the perpetrators to contact 926-2551, police 119 emergency numbers, Crime Stop at 311, Kingfish at 811 or the nearest police station.
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A 60-year-old man died in the Kingston Public Hospital from stab wounds he received during a robbery on a coaster on Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10 yesterday afternoon, police told THE STAR.
The senior, identified as Errol Finn, of Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11, was attacked on the bus by men who robbed him of cash, stabbed him and threw him from the vehicle along the roadway, police say.
Information reaching THE STAR is that about 2:50 p.m., police were summoned to Hagley Park Road where it was reported that a man with several wounds had been thrown from a coaster bus.
Law officers, who went to the scene saw the man and took him to the hospital. Investigators later learnt that he had been held up aboard the bus and robbed of cash. His attackers then stabbed him and threw him from the vehicle. He later succumbed to his injuries.
The Half-Way Tree Police who are investigating, is appealing to anyone who has information on this murder or the whereabouts of the perpetrators to contact 926-2551, police 119 emergency numbers, Crime Stop at 311, Kingfish at 811 or the nearest police station.
www.jamaica-star.com
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