NHA worker stabbed to death

A MELEE outside NHA offices opposite the Morvant Police Station ended in murder yesterday when a worker was stabbed in the chest and subsequently died at hospital.

The dead man has been identified as Andre Lindsay, 22, of Pump Trace, Laventille. Up to late yesterday, his killer remained at large. According to police reports, at around 11.35 am, a group of NHA officials went to the offices located off Lady Young Avenue, Morvant, to pay workers their fortnightly cheques. An argument broke out among workmen who had gathered for their pay cheques. The heated quarrel turned into a melee in which several workmen threw stones and missiles at each other.

During the stone-throwing incident, someone in the crowd dealt Lindsay several stabs in his chest. As the bleeding man screamed and slumped to the ground, the mob dispersed and one of the workmen ran to the nearby police station to make a report. A badly bleeding, semi-conscious Lindsay was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Visiting the scene were Snr Supt Desmond Lambert, Supt Waldron Bishop, investigating officer Cpl Anand Ramjit and others. Officers questioned several URP workers. An autopsy will be done on Lindsay’s body today at the Forensic Sciences Centre. Lindsay was the second person murdered yesterday and the 66th murder victim for this year. Investigations are continuing.