Prisoner kills fellow Mazaruni Prison inmate

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 September 2014, 20:14 by GxMedia

• A prisoner was stabbed by a fellow inmate at the Mazaruni Prison on Sunday, police and prison sources confirmed.

The victim has been identified as Theon Smith,21, and the alleged assailant’s name has been given as Akeem Edwards.

The incident occurred around noon.

A team of investigators from the Bartica Police Station was dispatched to the Mazauni Prison to probe the incident.

The circumstances surrounding the fatal stabbing were not immediately available, except that both prisoners were involved in an argument.