Latest update June 1st, 2026 12:37 AM
Miner badly stabbed, left arm almost severed
A twenty-three-year-old miner is now a patient in the Accident and Emergency Unit of the
STABBED: Alex McPherson
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being stabbed and chopped multiple times about the body. His left arm was reportedly almost severed.
The man was identified as Alex McPherson, called ‘Batchie’ of 169 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown. According to a relative, the episode that led to the man being injured occurred around 18:00 hours last evening in the vicinity of Avocado Square, East Ruimveldt.
She said that McPherson had left home to make a purchase at a nearby shop just minutes before she received a call notifying her that he was attacked and was taken to hospital. According to her, the still conscious McPherson was transported to the health facility by a taxi driver whom he gave the phone numbers to alert his relatives.
She added that McPherson has named his attacker as ‘Jamal’. However, other than the name, the family has no lead about what might have caused the attack.
A report was lodged at the Police Outpost in the hospital compound.
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