Violence continues with double stabbing in GT

(CNS): Hot on the heels of two violent incidents at the weekend, in which three victims were assaulted with weapons, two men involved in a fight on Monday night in Windsor Park, George Town, were also stabbed. Police said that one of the men is in stable condition in the Critical Care Unit after receiving a number of very serious injuries. The second man, who was also stabbed and released after treatment, has been arrested on suspicion of wounding and is currently in police custody. An RCIPS spokesperson said the two men involved in the double stabbing were related and had stabbed each other during an argument.

The 911 call centre received the report at 9:28pm saying two people had been stabbed in Oak Mill Street, off Walkers Road, and one of the men had collapsed in a driveway. Police and ambulance personnel found that a 33-year-old man had sustained stab wounds to his left upper back and the right side of his neck, multiple lacerations to the left and right cheek and superficial cuts to his hands. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance and admitted to the Critical Care Unit but is now in a stable condition.

Meanwhile, his 30-year-old relative also had stab wounds tohis right thigh and various lacerations about his body. A second ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital, where he was treated and discharged. He was then arrested on suspicion of wounding. Police said they had recovered and seized both of the weapons used in the stabbing.