Two men were fatally stabbed in separate incidents in St Elizabeth and Clarendon on Sunday, with police reporting that suspects have been taken into custody in both cases as investigations continue.

The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Tajay Atkins, an unemployed resident of Union district in Balaclava, St Elizabeth, and 57-year-old Errol Nelson, an entrepreneur of Brandon Hill district, Crofts Hill, Clarendon.

According to police reports, Atkins was found with multiple stab wounds to his body at the rear of his home in Union, Balaclava, at about 6:30 a.m.