A miner was late this afternoon battling for his life after stabbed and chopped to his neck by another man at Duquarie Backdam in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni on Sunday night.

Injured is Randy Peters, a miner from the village of Paruima on the Guyana/Venezuela border.

Reports are that Peters and another man, said to be an excavator operator, had an exchange of words and this led to a fight. The assailant fired a chop at Peters neck and the victim also sustained stab wounds to his shoulders.

Early this morning, a truck ventured into the area from the village of Cumang for Peters who by this time had lost a lot of blood. He was attended to by persons in the area.

He was taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital late this afternoon by boat for treatment.