A NUMBER of chopping incidents in the community of Baramita in the North West District on Saturday have left several persons hospitalised.

Reports are that one of the victims of the incident is 27-year-old Orris Moonsammy, a gold miner of Central Baramita.

He was attacked by two other men and reports are that the incident may have stemmed from a misunderstanding between the two parties which resulted in the two suspects critically wounding the victim with a deep laceration to his back.

He was medivaced to Georgetown for further medical attention and his condition was listed as serious. Police have since arrested the suspects.

On Saturday, too, reports are that a couple was travelling along a trail in the area when they observed a man running along the road with a cutlass in hand. When they stopped to enquire what was happening, they were attacked by the man.

The male victim sustained chop wounds to his hands and shoulders while his partner sustained wounds to her feet and hands.

A resident reported that there were two incidents that day and according to her, they stemmed from misunderstandings by parties who were imbibing. “The men would drink and then they would fight and resort to violence,” she said.

Police are investigating the incidents and several suspects in the cases are being processed for court.