Teenager stabbed to death

AMMAN — Authorities are investigating a stabbing incident that left one teenager dead in Northern Shuneh on Friday evening, according to official sources.

The 17-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed by his cousin, also 17, in the town of Manshieh, a senior official source told The Jordan Times on Saturday.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival due to a stab wound to the stomach.

“We are still trying to determine the motive behind the stabbing since the suspect and the victim were good friends,” a second source said.

A team of pathologists headed by Ali Shotar of the Irbid National Institute of Forensic Medicine performed an autopsy on the victim and indicated that he died of a fatal stab wound to the stomach.

“The knife penetrated the stomach and the kidney causing internal bleeding,” the pathology report said.

The suspect reportedly fled from the area and turned himself in to the police two hours later, according to the source.

He is being detained at a juvenile correctional centre pending further investigation, the source added.