Two murder suspects remained in police custody last night after being arrested following two fatal stabbings in Pasea, Tunapuna, and Cunupia between Sunday evening and yesterday morning.
In the first incident 33-year-old Kevin Joseph, of Green Street, Tunapuna, was stabbed to death during a fight at Pasea Extension Road, Tunapuna, around 5 pm on Sunday.
According to reports, Joseph and his attacker were attending an event in the area when they had an argument on the road. As friends tried to separate them, Joseph collapsed on the ground and the other man ran away.
Joseph, who was stabbed several times in his abdomen, died at the scene. Police recovered the knife used by his attacker near his body.
The suspect, who police said was known to Joseph, was arrested at his home in Tunapuna shortly after the incident after he was identified by eyewitnesses.
Several hours later, homicide detectives were summoned to the scene of another fatal stabbing at a bar in Cunupia.
Police said around 2 am, 25-year-old Alecia Gilkes, of Petit Bourg, was liming at Flirt Bar, Cunupia, when she got into an argument with another woman over a man.
The 25-year-old woman from Central Trinidad reportedly broke the end of a beer bottle and stabbed Gilkes several times in her chest. The suspect was restrained by patrons and staff at the bar until police arrived.
Gilkes was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Homicide detectives said the suspects will remain in custody until they complete their investigations later this week and consult the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on possible charges against the suspects.
The relatives of both victims refused to comment when approached by media personnel at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday as they were waiting for autopsy results.
Detectives of the Region Two Homicide Bureau are continuing investigations.