Investigations are continuing into the killing of a 15-year-old schoolboy shortly after an interCol football match on Friday. Darrion Calendar Duncan, a Form Three student of the Carapichaima Secondary School, was killed around 7.15 pm, following the match between Carapichaima Secondary and Presentation College, San Fernando at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. Presentation won 2-0. Police said a group of students in their school uniform accosted Duncan a short distance away from the stadium following "ole talk" about the match. One of the students pulled out a knife and stabbed Duncan once in the chest.
The bleeding boy ran about 150 meters before he collapsed and died on the roadway in the vicinity of the Penta Paints outlet. Police said an arrest is imminent. At the family's home yesterday, father Emery Duncan struggled to come to terms with his son's killing. His mother Brenda Calendar was too distraught to speak. "All I know is that he went to this football game and the next thing I know is someone stabbed him up," his father said.
"I heard that there was something outstanding between his school and another school from South." He was at the wrong place at the wrong time and because he was wearing his uniform, I believe he was a victim of the school rivalry." He described his son as a normal teenager who had a passion for dogs and music. "This is a real terrible time. What hurt the most more than anything is that he was lying down on the ground like a dog for so long." He called on the police to increase security and patrols at venues when football games are being played.
