Labourer stabbed to death in Longdenville

Sascha Wil­son

In­ves­ti­ga­tors be­lieve an al­ter­ca­tion led to the fa­tal stab­bing of 28-year-old labour­er Kyle Ed­mund in Long­denville on Mon­day.

Ed­mund, of Flem­ming Street, Long­denville, died at hos­pi­tal. A 17-year-old was al­so in­jured in the in­ci­dent.

Po­lice were told that at 6.30 pm, Ed­mund and the teenag­er were stand­ing along Flem­ming Street watch­ing an al­ter­ca­tion be­tween a man they knew and a group of oth­er in­di­vid­u­als. Ed­mund was hold­ing his cell­phone at the time.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, the sus­pect ap­proached Ed­mund and stabbed him twice, once in the right shoul­der and once in the left side of the chest. The teenag­er sus­tained a mi­nor wound to his up­per right back.

Ed­mund ran a short dis­tance in­to a near­by res­i­dent’s yard, while the sus­pect fled the scene.

Of­fi­cers took Ed­mund to the Ch­agua­nas Health Fa­cil­i­ty, where he lat­er died. The teenag­er de­clined med­ical treat­ment, po­lice said.

An au­top­sy is ex­pect­ed to be con­duct­ed this week at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre. Cen­tral Di­vi­sion and Homi­cide of­fi­cers are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.