At the top of the newscast we told you about a murder in San Pedro, but there was also a stabbing in the island early this morning and it has left a teenager is in a serious condition at the KHMH. According to the San Pedro Sun, 17-year-old Jason Chan was stabbed around 1:30AM on Barrier Reef Drive.

San Pedro Police say Chan was stabbed twice to the chest. Chan and a friend were at the corner of Barrier Reef Drive and Pelican Street when they got into a fight with Alfredo Cowo and his brother. Police are currently looking for the Cowo brothers.

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Teenager in a critical condition after stabbing incident

Stabbing-Incident-AreaA teenager is in a serious condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) after he was stabbed in the early hours of Friday April 12th in San Pedro Town. He is 17-year-old Jason Chan, a construction worker and resident of Ambergris Caye. The stabbing incident occurred shortly before 1:30AM on Barrier Reef Drive.

According to San Pedro Police, acting upon information received, they visited the Dr Otto Rodriguez San Pedro PolyClinic II where they observed Chan bleeding from what appeared to be two stab wounds to the right upper chest. Police say that Chan was in front of an establishment at the corner of Barrier Reef Drive and Pelican Street (corner of the Lions Den) when he and his friend Valerio Zetina got into an altercation with Alfredo Cowo and his brother. According to police, it is believed that during the altercation, Cowo and his brother inflicted the said injuries on Chan. Chan later ran westwards on Pelican Street but later collapsed on Pescador Drive.

As a result, Chan was picked up by passersby and rushed to the PolyClinic and later transported to the KHMH in a critical condition. Police are currently looking for the Cowo brothers as part of their investigation.

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Islander stabbed on Barrier Reef Drive

There was another violent incident at La Isla Bonita on Thursday night in which a teenager was injured and transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a serious condition. Seventeen year old Jason Chan, a construction worker and resident of Ambergris Caye, was stabbed shortly before one-thirty this morning on Barrier Reef Drive. According to San Pedro Police, they visited the Doctor Otto Rodriguez San Pedro Polyclinic where they found Chan bleeding from two stab wounds to the chest.

Police say that Chan was in front of an establishment at the corner of Barrier Reef Drive and Pelican Street when he and his friend, Valerio Zetina, got into an altercation with Alfredo Cowo and his brother, who allegedly inflicted the injuries on Chan. Chan fled the scene, but collapsed on Pescador Drive. He was picked up by a passerby, rushed to the clinic and later transported to the K.H.M.H. Police are currently looking for the Cowo brothers as part of their investigation.

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Last edited by Marty; 04/13/13 05:34 AM.