A 19-year-old man has died after being stabbed in the chest at a public park along Jalan Gambir in Sibu, with police detaining two men in their 20s to assist with investigations.

SIBU: A 19-year-old man died after he was believed to have been stabbed in the chest with a sharp weapon at a public park in Jalan Gambir here at about midnight last night.

The victim is understood to have died after being taken to hospital for emergency treatment.

According to preliminary information, police detained two men in their 20s to assist in the investigation.