A 17-year-old of St Joseph is in now in policy custody assisting the lawmen in their investigations of a machete attack yesterday in the village of St. Joseph in which another young man lost his hand.
The teenager is alleged to have completely severed the hand, by the wrist, of 18-year-old Brian Francis during a dispute between the two individuals, allegedly over a scissors.
The teenager faces a charge of grievous bodily harm.
Reports are that the victim underwent surgery yesterday but he will not regain the use of his hand.
Dominica News Online will continue to update you as the information becomes available.
awa we D.A, WHAT IS NEXT? WHY CANT WE BEHAVE OURSELFS
Am totally saddened to see the condition of this lifeless hand on the ground, its not a good sight to see, although its good to show criminals faces an so on. this was disgraceful and gruesome and it should not be viewed, on another hand i don’t know what is wrong with society, not Dominica only, why cant the youths get along, its ridiculous to lose a hand over a scissors, I do a lot of sewing i have about 20 scissors at least i could give them? Well i hope the other youths take heed, if they want to be out of school learn a trade and be peaceful.
One day d youth woud open dea eyes an realize dat all dem nonsence we doin dea doe worth nuttin…I mean como on
I agree with you……one of the reasons why the youth are the way they are is because parents are no longer teaching their children….they are leaving it up to the world and the world has some pretty nasty thing to teach.
Another reason is that children are making children left and right….children cannot teach children…..as a community we have to rally around young mothers……
anyway, where has the institution of marriage gone????? Its seems as if, dominicans doesnt get married anymore.
its sad that a young man would think that the only way to resolve an arguement is through violence.
by the way, i am 21 so this is not coming from an ‘old person’….my family did their job and taught me values.
Keep on doing the right things and always making the right decision.
Thanks God for your parents.
v/r
Cully,
Portsmouth.
what a sad incident, that’s what u expect from ignorant youngster.
he should should spend the rest of his in prison
so sad for that young man.I hope the one who harmed this young man get a real harsh sentence cause that is just so wrong and brutal what he did.
WHAT DOES THE ITSS SCHOOL HAS TO DO WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND? THE BOYS DON’T ATTEND SCHOOL.THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BRING DOWN THE SCHOOL PLEASE STOP IT IMMEDIATELY! THE SCHOOL HAS ACHEIVED MUCH AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE.I THINK THIS FREAK TEACHER AND YOUR MASTER TAKE IT AND DO SOMETHING POSITIVE WITH YOUR MIND. YOU WERE A BAD AND NEGATIVE INFLUENCE TO THE SCHOOL THATS WHY WE HAD TO KICK YOU OUT. YOUR MASTERS WILL MASTER YOU.
he didnt get back his hand because THE RETARDED PEOPLE DID NOT PUT IT IN ICE thats jus shows you how BACK WARD this country is…foolsih
i absolutely disagree of this conduct beyond young children especially teens. they should have boundaries and limits to what they do parents!
THIS IS NOT LAUGHING MATTER, BUT THIS WAS A DIRTY HAND, WAS HE DIGGING THE SOIL?
I TOLD THEM BEFORE THERE NEED TO BE A LICENCE FOR CARRING A CUTLASS, AND IT IS NOT DUE TO TV , THEY KILL WITH GUN ON TV NOT WITH CUTLASSES.
really , really dominican we have the same blood,why should we fight with our brother and sister.dominican we need to step up..
SORRY MY BOY SAD 2 HEAR DAT FOR DA PPLE
Too much damn drugs that’s wat happening when they insert drugs in there system addiction is da word next.buh I mean common over freaking pair of scissors man common, ya’ll have just made a scissors popular. I must say eh that I’m from senjoe and boi look a place I don’t like its filled with aminmals and more are being born.
it’s a very sad situation, i live abroad and i keep check of the news back home and i couldn’t believe what i read and saw, i mean we’re dealing with some way to serious to even be joking about, it could have been a family a friend, if i could change the law i would put him on trial as an adult to hell with the age of consent change the law!
It defies logic – altercation over a “scissors” – well my long campaign of the National Service brigade (a boot-camp) in D/ca is falling on death ears. The youths of our beloved D/ca needs to be awakened, to be taught to respect and value themselves first and humanity. Where has the essence of nurturing gone – to respect to be respected in return and to respect your peers / elders, at all times?
Granny Iya R.I.P (deceased aged 100 late 2001) who brought me up you know – that’s why at 45 I am an exemplar human being, and nothing will change until I succumb to the inevitable (death).
I’m appalled and ashamed by the news!
I agree with you……one of the reasons why the youth are the way they are is because parents are no longer teaching their children….they are leaving it up to the world and the world has some pretty nasty thing to teach.
Another reason is that children are making children left and right….children cannot teach children…..as a community we have to rally around young mothers……
anyway, where has the institution of marriage gone????? Its seems as if, dominicans doesnt get married anymore.
its sad that a young man would think that the only way to resolve an arguement is through violence.
by the way, i am 21 so this is not coming from an ‘old person’….my family did their job and taught me values.
LAUGH ALONE I CAN LAUGH!! them man want to be smoking their thing and doing all kinda s..! and see where it making them end up! wel, atleast the boy didnt kill Brian eh over a stupid scissors.
Well it is very sad, we just have to pray for our nation and its pple
I AGREE (18)
To ucl i am all the way agree with you on your comment you just have to let the young people know that you don’t support their wickedness and bef la lage fromthe time i am going up i always heard that sen joe and grand bay are the two villages that is most troublesome in dominica and the adults always put in them it is happening else where so when we say things like that what you expect from them they alwayshave bad influence in perfoming wickedness don’t feel sorry for them is what we are sayin the sad that is why they are doing that
As a parent with kids and have worked with young people, it’s disheartning to see and hear some of the horror stories that some young people have to go through. Parents our children are the future leaders, future parents of tomorrow. Whatever we instill in them in their young life that they will practice. No matter what age they are talk to them, love them, help them, be there for them. For in our absence someone will take our place. And the question is WHO WILL IT BE. (proverbs 22v 6)The bible says “train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” We make the mistake of spoiling them when they are young and as they mature we try to incooperate certain moral values that should have been in place from day one. Instilling values in our kids from an early age does not mean that we have to spoil them and let them have their own way. This should be the foundation that we build on as our children grow older. Though some kids come from good homes and end up doing bad, but I’d rather know that I was there and helped my kids a billion and one time and he choose to do wrong than not be there at all and see them do wrong. What happen to the days when the community was involved in raising the kids? A kid does wrong and when one complains to the parent instead some parent correct the child they find fault with the complainant and let the kid know wow miss so and so said this do you know this about her? My my. I remember five years ago my neighbor’s daughter would be out at about midnite, 2am…with a man twice her age and I knew her mum worked the graveyard shift, so I decided to have a talk with the mum concerning what I saw. The following day the young lady passed me I said hi she grinned and uttered something. Later I met the mum I said by your daughters reaction earlier I knew you spoke to her. She looked at me and said I trust my daughter and she’d never do something like that. They’d then pass me like strangers. Three months down the road guess who was pregnant. I say this to say good neighbors look out for each other especially our children. Let’s all work together for the best of our community and children no matter where we live. POSITIVE is how I live and what I don’t want to see infront of my door I don’t want ot see in front of yours. May God bless each and everyone of you and may God guide our families.
I swear, i am not surprise this took place in St. Joseph. That village is filled with bad people. Good luck to the kid who lost his hand though. Keep your head up!
I agree. I taught the secondary school for one year. this was worst experience in all my years of teaching. I decided two things..either i go to do my masters or stay home . i made the best decision. not me again.
@ SAD… I wish to inform you that the Secondary school at St.Joseph does NOT only consist of students from the village of St. Joseph. It serves from Dublance to Massacre. Every time something negative involving a young person, happens in the community of St. Joseph ppl are quick to jump on the school. Dominicans have chosen to label this school as the worst school on the island. We get disrespected at competitions and other events that we get invited to.And when we do exceptionally well ppl raise their eyebrows like its almost impossible for us to perform so incredibly well. Thanks to loving Dominicans like yourself our school has to work twice as hard as any other school to show that the ugly label that we have been given it is not so. FYI there are lots of shiny stars there; who work hard in all areas of their school life. let me ask you? In your “one” year at the school did you have an impact on any student? Did you seek to make a difference in the life of any of the students? Especially one of those struggling with countless issues brought onto them by an unsympathetic society? And you went to do your masters as you put. Hmmmm… Hats off to you for that. we need more citizens with Masters. But one last question… How have you used that Masters to make a difference in this our beautiful Island Home? I guess not you again. Take your time and do a little research. many master holders like your self came from that secondary school on the hill in Senjo.
HEY I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AN BOY AM GLAD U LEFT…….WORST TEACHER EVEN IN HISTORY…..THIS KIDS DONT EVEN GO TO SCHOOL STUPID WHY U THINK IT HAPPEN ON THE STREETS…………….I GUESS UR NOT THAT SMART AFTER ALL……………..
@ SAD I’m a past student of ITSS and i didnt turn out lyk that. Its so typical for FOOLISH ppl lyk u 2 think that way. Great men and women hail from ITSS. Since u claimed to b a teacher there den i assume da u are a grown person…or at least u look lyk one cuz a matured mind wudnt think lyk da. Students of ITSS dont all come from St. Joseph…so wat u said has no tru relation 2 d previous comment..idiot. AND its not the school that make the children behave that way. Its the way the were raised…or simply because they think da ‘i’m gangster’. If ITSS is a slack school den its because of ppl lyk u->>d stupid narrow-minded fools who dont do anythin effective 2 try changin these kids. This is how u lose any bit of respect ppl had 4 u…this is how all this chaos comes about. All this judgin of ppl..all these expectatios. Everyone tellin u eat but no one is puttin food in yr mouth to eat. RETARD. And i bet i had sum form of admiration 4 u, whoever u r, cuz HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS on a whole hv it rough…nt js @ ITSS..bu thats too bad. SO MANY GROWN UPS FAIL TO REALISE THAT THE PATHS WE YUNG ONES WALK…IS D ONES DA U GAVE US D TOOLS 2 BUILD IF U ALL DIDNT ALRDY BUILD DEM YRSELVES!
Nt sayin da wa d padna did was ryt…jus disgusted.
stop talking B.S… every village have bad people. u speak as if st.joe alone that have bad ppl and I not from st.joe before u start assuming
well well papa and dat wrist dia…alas
Why do people have to resort to such violence? What ever happen to fist fighting, you mean a pair of scissors have that much value?
Lord have mercy we need you more than we can tell you, take full control of the life you gave us save us even now Lord Jesus
the law needs to make him take care of the man for the rest of his life
uneducated fools, they need to get a life.u’all need lots of prayers hmmmmmm.
u take my hand i take ur life
A lady told me that it is a simple thing for the authorities to do,
you take a mans life I bring you to the theatre and take your life.
You take the mans hand off, I take you to the theatre and remove your hand back.
That is without going to court or anything, so no lawyer fees or court fees to pay.
Therefore you will know what it is to live without a hand for the rest of your life too.
man flying man hand next headz will fly
@victory you are very cold and i hope you will sing that same song when your turn comes always what we wish for others it comes right back at us
Dats jus unorthodox
my village is getting out of hand please good lord put a hand.
those little boys of st joe need to stop smokeing drugs and go to church.we need to pray for our young people
We need a new correctional facility and the existing one should be used for Juvenile crimes.
I second the motion
While i agree to that but we have to under stand that some people know what they are doing because some of them does plan it way in advance, so yes we can pray and help those pple who get themselves in those situations but some of them really need to pay for their crime. It will only take that individual to make a change in his or her life.
lol
Would you say lol if it was u or a family member?
there is nothing by the name or nothing called minor cause they are the ones doing the worst criminal acts and believe they can get away with it dont matter what the dispute was cripplin a man preventin that man from earnin a bread in his life is not fear and its so disturbin to see how heartless and cruel our people can be we need Jesus in our country we need the blood of jesus to wash away all these wickedness in high and low places
ok my boy good job u did not run guada,,,,at least we can say u gave the police a HAND in the situation!!!!!
Very funny eh.thats the best statement for the situation
.man ppl can be so wicked 
.God have mercy on our beautiful island.Let salvation reign in d/ca,Lord. Please dont let ur wrath touch dis place, but may ppl turn to repentance.
@ mouth of the south:
You do know its not compulsory for you to comment on every article right? One less hand to beat his meat? that’s the best u could come up with?
@ d minister: don’t hate, appreciate. lol
i had to put u on blast cuz i see u get all dem thumbs up dere n those blind bats did not see wat u was actually saying,,,good job tryna take my spot,,,i jus had to put u on blast lol
um with that kinda image how am i supposed to eat lunch today,,,allu playing a joke on us man lol!!!!!
Same non-sense. Because he 17 he’s a minor but from 16 they want to have right to have sex. If a minor is a minor before 18 then make it legal across the board.
18 to vote,
18 to drive,
18 to drink,
18 to sex,
18 to take jail!
I AGREE
Well said, you could not have said it better. I agreeeeee
well said
i agree with all the %’s it have on earth!
where’s santa when u need him,,,,well that’s one less hand to beat his meat!!!!!
if u have nothing to say shot u dam mouth.
I don’t think any-one appreciates your weird sense of humor except me…but then if i couldn’t laugh, i would have to cry, the situation is so frightening.
YHU CRAB!!!!!
He got what he deserved. He will learn not to pick on ppl younger than him
I hope you will be singing the same tune if you ever get what YOU deserve . What a heartless comment !
You know, you should never wish anything bad for anyone….just saying….
Oh my god, is this human with no heart spaeking?
did they at least attach back the hand?
the only how it would be able to attach was if it still had life….and from the way it looks it doesnt….
Well from what i understand a cuban doctor attach it
Allu doesen fltechin read…..oh shate man….
i guess you could say he is giving them a hand in the investigation…
weh papa allu will make people choke on chicken bone this afternoon wii pal lol
allu easy
lol dt one was funny
I bet is for weed dem two tehbeh was fighting about da cause d padna to hashay it out aye, scissors man come on
Padna u know it, but are they not students? they should be in school rite?
It’s sad that the situation had to get ‘out of hand’
Young men nowadays need to ‘get a grip’ and ‘grasp’ the implications of their actions.
nice pun
i see u try to b funny,,,,,well u jus cant do it like me lol!!!!!
mouth of sorte sell u out,,,u put dem tings in quotation marks,,,,u try too hard to b funny my fren lol!!!!
i still don’t understand how peeps not seeing the fun anti-hate making of the situation,,,,,
now b4 allu ask 4 photo bear in mind the young man’s photo can’t b published or should not since he is a minor is bout time in d.a we protect minors rights,,,,but spank mr till he bleed lol
young and stupid
When found guilty he should be made to compensate the young man with a sum of between $800 – $1500.00 monthly for the rest of his natural life.
lol.where is the law degree from?
he should have to pay him more that that every month for the rest of the man life
everyone makes mistake .the world is coming to a end.just pray and fast your prayer will answer.
please give it a try.l love my country and my village st.joe passy living in antigua.