Brother recovering after throat slashed by sibling

A long-standing domestic dispute between two brothers in Rock Hall, St Andrew, turned physical on Tuesday, with a knife used to slash the throat of the elder sibling.

The injured brother, who is recovering, was not the aggressor, residents said.

The dispute reportedly stems from the younger brother’s desire to obtain a property owned by his older sibling.

The injured man reportedly received eight stitches after he was rushed to hospital.

The younger sibling, according to the residents, has reportedly been making threats and directed his wrath to his brother’s children and spouse.

“Him say him a go kill mi and throw mi inna one pit round there so, and when him done, him a go light the house afire,” a relative close to the incident told The Gleaner.

The brothers reside on the same property in separate but identical homes.

“Is the longest him ever deh a street,” a resident said of the younger sibling’s run-ins with the law.

Hours after the incident, residents claimed that he was seen casually walking about in Red Hills Square.

The police told The Gleaner that the accused man who is known to them is being sought.

The Gleaner was also told that the drama started with stones being thrown on to the house by the younger sibling, who then destroyed a water tank in the yard.

He reportedly left the premises and attacked his brother at a development site nearby.

“Mi nuh like how him live with the big brother. Everybody say that. A two a dem the father have. One get this house and the other get that house,” a neighbour said.

The relatives said the children were traumatised after they saw their father in despair and their uncle behaving boisterously.

“The children say they are scared. They are crying,” a family friend told The Gleaner.

Up to press time, the elder sibling was still being treated at hospital.

The St Andrew North police said they are probing the incident.

andre.williams@gleanerjm.com