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Murder in Bimini By STAFF WRITER ~ Guardian News Desk: A man was stabbed to death in Alice Town, Bimini, during an altercation yesterday evening, police reported. According to police, the victim was stabbed in the stomach outside Sue and Joy's Variety Store around 5:30 p.m. Police said he was taken to the local clinic by a private vehicle where he died. Police did not release the man's identity, but said he appeared to be in his late 20s. One person was taken into custody following the incident, according to police. This was the first murder in Bimini in more than a year and the 38th recorded nationally for 2009. The latest murder occurred just hours after New Covenant Baptist Church Bishop Simeon Hall, who chaired the government-appointed Crime Commission, said while the scarcity of resources as it relates to crime is understood and a clear reality, the elected authorities must face the multitudinous problems now present, with innovation, creativity and resolution. This is especially true as it relates to crime, said Hall, whose commission recommended the establishment of a crime secretariat. "Unless and until [a new approach is taken] our country will continue its downward spiral with heinous crimes and social disintegration," Hall said. "A crime secretariat or a national crime overseer, who can marshal all the social and religious agencies together, is [indeed] necessary and imperative. A major impediment to community progress is that often one government agency does not know what the other is doing. A central crime office would coordinate the various agencies along with churches and non-government groups." Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest has told The Nassau Guardian that the government cannot follow through on this recommendation at this time due to financial challenges. He said his ministry will continue to be responsible for such coordination. Thursday, July 2, 2009