Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said police was called at around 01:30pm to the South Reward area the vicinity of the Milton Peters College for a case of ill treatment. The victim in this case according to the initial report was attacked and beaten severely by a group of at least three other young men.
At the scene police met the victim with initials L.A.E. in an office of the Milton Peters College. The victim, who is a student of the said school was bleeding profusely from his mouth, the left of his face was severely swollen and some of his teeth seemed to be damaged or knocked out.
The victim was attended to by the paramedics and then transported to the St Maarten Medical Center for further treatment. The investigation led to the arrest of three suspects with initials E.A.L., R.A.L. and L.A.M.R. They were all questioned in connection with this case. After questioning the suspects E.A.L. and R.A.L. were both released. The suspect L.A.M.R. confessed to have single-handily committed this act. This suspect has will remain in custody as the investigation continues. The police spokesman said the cause of the conflict has not yet been released.
