A young man named Lauie Tagaloa was brutally stabbed in the neck by another young man when a brawl broke out at the Valley Metro Complex in Brisbane on Monday.
Lauie, who goes by the name LT, died on the scene as he bled to death on the floor right after the stabbing.
Police were investigating the case and arrested a suspect on Tuesday while a graphic video of the stabbing circulated on Twitter.
LT Stabbed in Neck At Valley Metro Complex
LT, a young 24-year-old man from Brisbane, was stabbed in the neck after a verbal altercation between two groups at Valley Metro Complex.
A video on the internet suggests that the two groups had an argument where they exchanged verbal insults, and a man in the back suddenly pulled out a knife and swung at the young Tagaloa.
Lauie started bleeding, and within a matter of seconds, he collapsed on the floor on the spot in a pool of his blood, bleeding to death.
The police reported that witnesses tried to save the victim by providing him first aid, but the cut was at a vital point, and the young Brisbane man died on the spot.
Lauie Tagaloa Death As Twitter Reacts on The Video
The video of the stabbing of Lauie Tagaloa has been circulating on the internet, mainly on Twitter which shows the exact moment of the young man getting stabbed and passing out.
People call the person behind the camera heartless in the comments claiming that the person should have tried to save the dying person instead of just recording the incident.
Some people are traumatized watching the graphic video and wish they never saw it in the first place.
Twitter is flooded with condolences for the young man and hopes that the murderer gets the punishment he deserves. At the same time, some are calling LT out for running at an armed person.
The graphic video has also raised questions on how insensitive social media has become since people are sharing a video of the man getting stabbed and bleeding to death. However, cops have said that the video has also helped with the investigation.
Suspect Seyram Kwami Djentuh Arrested
With the help of the surveillance footage of the area and the video taken during the incident, police arrested a young man named Seyram Kwami Djentuh as a suspect with charges of murder of Lauie Tagaloa.
The 20-year-old stabbed Tagaloa with a knife in the neck and fled the scene with his friends.
According to HITC, the suspect was called to Brisbane Magistrates’ Court Tuesday; the court adjourned the matter till August 8 because of his absence.
DailyMail revealed that two other men at the scene, aged 20 and 21, are assisting the case police will be charging in the future.