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3 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 3 AUGUST 2022 NEWS My heart, my heart,' cried Marsa murder victim after fatal stabbing CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He said that the police had re- ceived a report about an unre- sponsive male stabbing victim outside a bar in Marsa. The vic- tim had been taken to hospital, but had later succumbed to his wounds, he said. Inspector Pawney had gone to the scene of the crime, near Triq Dicembru 13 and observed blood on the ground. Bystanders who had witnessed the stabbing were spoken to by the police and a suspect who had been detained by onlookers was taken into cus- tody. He was identified as Al Mahy Ezzo Saeed and was taken to hospital for treatment. It emerged that the fatal al- tercation had started as an ar- gument that had broken out between the men, he said. The eyewitnesses told the police that at one point the accused had pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim. One eyewitness said that he had heard the victim cry out "my heart, my heart!" Another witness had told the police that he had gone to buy something from a nearby shop and had witnessed the murder. He had tried to intervene, but was unsuccessful, recalled the inspector. A 13-minute video clip of the immediate aftermath of the stab- bing had been uploaded to social media, and had led to the identi- fication of the accused by the po- lice. Officers eventually tracked Saeed down and found him to be carrying a knife in a pouch on his belt. The knife was seized by the police for forensic testing. Saeed had replied in the affirm- ative when asked by the police whether the knife was the same one he had used to stab the vic- tim, said the inspector, adding that Saeed had confirmed that the victim never attacked him with a knife. Before adjourning the case to September, the court decreed that it had seen enough prima facie evidence to justify indict- ment. Inspector Shawn Pawney pros- ecuted, assisted by lawyers Ra- mon Bonett Sladden and Antho- ny Vella from the Office of the Attorney General. Lawyer Jason Grima is defence counsel.