http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161123065The body of a 14-year-old student was found chopped and burnt in a forest on Wednesday afternoon.
Aleem Ali, of Cane Farm Road, Arouca, was reported missing by his uncle Ahazad Ali on Monday afternoon after the teenager failed to return home from school.
The body was identified by Ali's mother Wahida at the Forensic Sciences Centre in St James shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday.
An autopsy revealed that Ali died from shock and haemorrhaging, consistent with multiple chop wounds.Homicide officers say they are working along the lines that the murder may have stemmed from an altercation at Ali's Five Rivers Junior Secondary School where allegations were made against a security officer.
Police say Ali's murder may have been an act of revenge following the dismissal of the officer following allegations of improper conduct two weeks ago.
Sources say the school board got involved in the matter and the guard was subsequently dismissed.
Efforts to get a comment from the school yesterday were unsuccessful as an official at the school refused to comment.
A report was made to the Arouca Police Station following Ali's failure to return home on Monday afternoon.
Wahida, who works in the school's cafeteria, told police she saw her son at school that day.
Speaking with the Express at the Forensic Sciences Centre yesterday, Ali's uncle Ahazad said, "He was missing since Monday afternoon and that night we searched for him all over and very few in the household got any sleep."
Stating that family members are trying to cope with the murder, Ahazad said that the family, especially Ali's mother, remain in disbelief.
"He was not involved in anything illegal and spent most of his time in the mosque or in the pluck shop where he worked on a weekend," Ahazad said.
Stating he received the news while walking along a dry river in the area, Ahazad said he overheard a man saying a body was found in the Pine Forest, which is a few metres from Ridge Road, Boulevard and the St Michael's Estate.
Ahazad said when he went to the area and saw the body on Wednesday afternoon he did not recognise it to be his nephew. Following confirmation that it was his nephew's body, he said "evil in this society is on a rampage."