A man died in the last few hours after being fatally stabbed in the street in the city of Santiago de Cuba, according to journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada on social media.
The victim was a young man named Eliecer, nicknamed "El Moro," who was killed with a bladed weapon on Madre Vieja Street No. 130, between Aguilera and Enramada, just a few blocks from the police station known as "La Motorizada."
A resident in the area specified that the assailant - whose identity has not been disclosed - "was out for a walk," and had been drinking with Moro hours before the incident.
It was a police officer who was in the area who arrested the murderer, who—according to the aforementioned source—tried to attack the officer, who reportedly used pepper spray to defend himself.
The reasons that led to the bloodshed, which ended with the victim receiving three fatal stabbings—one in the eye, another in the neck, and the last in the lung—have not been disclosed.
Images released by Mayeta Labrada showed several people gathered at the scene of the murder.
Neighbors in the area have confirmed that the victim lost a lot of blood, and a resident urged to finish cleaning the area because there was a bad smell.
In the comments section of the post, dozens of people who knew the victim expressed their dismay over the crime and feared an increase in reports of violence in Cuba after a slight decrease in complaints on social media in recent weeks.
"My God, that boy's brother was killed years ago and now he ends up dead too. My condolences to his sister 'La Mora' and family. RIP," stated one internet user amid dozens of condolence messages.
Until the closing of this report, no other details about what happened have come to light.
The wave of violence that has plagued the country in recent months has reached significant proportions in Santiago de Cuba, where it was even acknowledged by the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) as a problem that requires special attention.
At the end of January, a high-ranking official from the Ministry of the Interior in that province acknowledged, during a meeting with residents of the Abel Santamaría neighborhood (El Salao), the presence of criminal gangs dedicated to "spreading terror" among the population.
On that occasion, the authorities asked the affected individuals for a vote of confidence and sent a message to the criminals, warning them that they will be severely punished for the acts they have committed.