A police lance corporal was on Monday afternoon stabbed to his lower abdomen, left eye brow and left buttock by a 27 year old unemployed male of Arakaka, North West District who has since been arrested.
Injured is Lance Corporal, Bertland Scotland. The incident occurred at 16:40h at Port Kaituma Police Station.
In a release police said the suspect was wanted in connection with the murder of pensioner Earl Peters on September 05, 2020, the recent serious wounding committed on Troy Roberts who is presently admitted at the GPHC and also for wounding of Police Constable Edwards at Arakaka Police Outpost on August 20, 2020.
On Monday acting upon information received, ranks went to S1A Junction, One Mile, Port Kaituma, NWD where they confronted the suspect in the upper flat of a two-storey building and during the process apprehended him, he whipped out a knife and wounded the Lance Corporal who initially received medical attention at the Port Kaituma District Hospital but is now enroute to Eugene Correia International Airport via medivac. His condition is regarded as serious but stable.
Investigation is continuing.
