A MISUNDERSTANDING between two men at Enterprise Gardens yesterday led to the brutal chopping of 55-year-old Fazil Rasheid who is now warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in a serious condition.The victim’s son, Terrence Rasheid, yesterday told the Guyana Chronicle that around 16:00hrs he received a call from a friend informing him that his father was brutally assaulted by a man called ‘Ken’.
On heading home, Terrence found that his father had suffered chops to his ears, knees, and branded on his back. His left ear had been split down the middle, his knee bore a gaping wound and his back was scarred.
The wounded man related that he and ‘Ken’, a seaman who is home on holiday, had an argument which developed into a fight and his opponent, s armed with a sharpened knife, dealt him several chops.
Fortunately, although losing a considerable amount of blood, Rasheid managed to ride his cycle from Enterprise Gardens all the way home to Enterprise.
The wounded man claimed that during the vicious attack the seaman told him that he had long wanted to kill him.
The matter was reported to the police who accompanied the wounded man to hospital and soon after arrested the suspect.
Investigations are continuing.

By Shirley Thomas