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Student
stabbed to death returning to house party
By
Michel Outridge
Trevor
Fung and his mother, Devi, at his graduation ceremony. |
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POLICE
are investigating the death of Saint Stanislaus College student, Trevor
Fung, 18, of Lot 158 Lodge Housing Scheme, who was brutally stabbed by
two men during a robbery around 9 o'clock Saturday night at Eping Avenue
& Abary Street, Bel Air Park.
The
Upper Sixth Form student was returning to a house party with two female
classmates when the men, who were riding a blue motor scooter,
approached.
The
bandits demanded cash and jewelry.
According
to a Police report, Fung told the men he had no money and a scuffle
ensued, during which one of the men, trying to push his hands into the
student's pocket stabbed him several times in the stomach.
Fung's
grieving mother as she was comforted by the mother of the
colleague who had hosted the party.
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The
other bandit ran after Fung's female classmates who had fled the scene
in fear and relieved one of them of $3 000 in cash, a black bag
containing personal items and a cellular phone.
The
two knife-toting bandits then fled the scene on the blue motor scooter.
Fung
was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to hospital where he
was pronounced dead on arrival.
At
Fung's residence yesterday a mournful atmosphere prevailed as several of
his classmates gathered to comfort the grieving parents and siblings, in
obvious shock and disbelief.
"I
can't believe my friend is dead because only last night we were at the
party together and he said he was hungry and left to go to buy chicken;
then we heard he was killed," cried a classmate.
"I
should have gone with him," said the distressed friend.
In
front row: two of Fung's siblings and his friends.
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Fung's
colleague who had hosted the party at her residence was too distraught
to speak. She had to be taken away by her parents.
Fung's mother, Devi, said her son was very excited about pursuing
Veterinary Science. He visited the University of Guyana Career Day
Exposition on Friday and had collected application forms to fill.
She
displayed several notes which amounted to less than $2 000 stained with
her son's blood and his bloodied cellular phone, which was retrieved
from his person at the hospital.
Fung's
father, mother and the mother of his close friend as they tried
to comfort each other on Sunday morning. |
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Fung's
father, Trevor, was yesterday still trying to come to terms with his
son's sudden death.
He
said that Trevor was a very determined young man who was very active,
responsible, jovial, healthy and intelligent.
Fung
was the eldest of four siblings.
It
is believed that the two men on the blue motor scooter had followed Fung
and his two classmates from KFC on Vlissengen Road, with intent to
commit robbery.
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