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Brothers Killed Over Cell Phone In T&T

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two brothers were stabbed to death on Sunday night, and another teenager hospitalized after bandits sought to steal the cell phone of one of their friends.

The authorities have named the brothers as Arshad Kadir, 15, and Jafar Kadir, 17, whose parents own Bunty’s Muffler Service in El Socorro, east of here.

The police said the incident occurred on Sunday night at a playing field east of here, as the brothers finished playing a game of soccer.

One of their friends, Kaleel Mohammed, 16, was stabbed in the chest, but survived.

Media reports said that the two bandits had attempted to snatch the cell phone of another friend, Imitiaz Boodoo.

“The men appeared from nowhere, but the field had other persons jogging and playing football. Arshad saw first and ran to help, then Jafar went over. A fight broke out on the field. One of the two men began to stab them,” a relative told the media.

Arshad was stabbed in the groin area and Jafar was stabbed through the lungs and heart. The attackers escaped.

The two boys are scheduled to be buried later on Monday.

So far this year, 175 people have been murdered here.

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