Victims ‘Stable’ After Double Stabbing In Canaries

Two victims of a stabbing in the fishing village of Canaries Monday afternoon are in Stable condition at St Jude Hospital, police say.

The two have been identified as Peter ‘Gros Peter’ Antoine and Kenneth Charles.

Antoine is well known as a seller of herbal medicine, advertising it  around Castries with his trademark cry in Saint Lucian creole: ‘Cote ou ne mal la?’

According to residents of Canaries, Antoine had been involved in an altercation with another male a few days previously.

On Monday, Antoine allegedly stabbed the younger man, identified as Kenneth Charles, in the back with a sharp object.

The Canaries residents report that after Charles ran away, Antoine stabbed himself in the neck.