A child who was a passenger in his mother’s motorcar which was pounced upon by men while she tried to maneuver a section of a roadway in the vicinity of Fairfield in St James was later found dead with his throat slashed.

Information is the female motorist was pounced upon by men who were hiding in nearby bushes along that section of the pothole-riddled roadway. Information is the female motorist was pounced upon by men who were hiding in nearby bushes along that section of the pothole-riddled roadway. CVM Live understands the nine-year-old was found with his throat slashed metres away from where the alleged car theft occurred. Police investigations are ongoing.

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