Sports and Education Minister Daryll Matthew has expressed deep sorrow over the fatal stabbing of teenage cricketer Vonde Bowers in Grays Farm on Tuesday night.

Bowers, a member of the national Under-19 team, had recently returned from representing Antigua and Barbuda in the UK.

Matthew described the 19-year-old as a rising sports talent and said his death was “a devastating reminder of the painful cost of violence.”

He urged young people to reject violence and “choose life, choose purpose, choose peace.”

Police are continuing their investigation.