During the early hours of Saturday morning, May 30 a 28-year-old male was stabbed and suffered a wound to the neck at a sports bar in Connor Street. Unconfirmed reports state that the victim’s car was knocked into by a foreign national.

After a short quarrel the offender allegedly stabbed the 28-year-old with a screwdriver on the left-hand-side of his neck, penetrating the jugular vein.

The victim was rushed to the Estcourt Provincial Hospital to receive urgent medical attention; shortly thereafter the victim was declared dead. No comment was made by the police at the time of going to print.