A man is in Police custody for allegedly hacking a 24 year old with a cane knife during a drinking party on Monday night

Police Spokesperson Sergeant Atunaisa Sokomori confirmed that the incident took place in Nawi village in Savusavu which left one the men dead and another who was allegedly stabbed with a cane knife, in hospital.

Sokomuri said at this stage it is understood that an argument developed between the two men, when one picked up a cane knife and hacked the other.

Meanwhile, the driver of the vehicle that hit a class 1 student causing his death in Ra on Monday morning is expected to appear in Rakiraki Court today.

This has been confirmed by Director Traffic SSP Mahesh Mishra who said he has been charged with occasioning death by dangerous driving.

The student was getting off his school bus and trying to cross the road to get to school when an oncoming car hit him. The student died on his way to hospital.