A teenage boy was stabbed and killed during an attempted robbery along Lewis Street in Westmoreland early this morning.
He is 17-year-old Anthony James of Dexter Street, Savanna-la-Mar in the parish.
Reports are that about 12:10 a.m., James was along the roadway when he was accosted by a robber who attempted to steal his motorcycle.
He resisted and the robber used a knife to stab him several times.
The police were summoned, and James was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Investigations continue.