A jealous ex-lover is now on the run after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new partner at Hururu Mission, Upper Berbice River, Region Ten, on Wednesday morning.

Dally Gobin,48, and her new boyfriend, Leaymond Smith, 40, were drinking rum at her residence when the suspect, Gilbert Thomas, approached Gobin in a fit of anger and started an argument.

He then whipped out a knife from his waist and allegedly stabbed both Gobin and Smith across their bodies. According to the police, Gobin was stabbed once under her left side breast while Smith was stabbed twice under both sides of his chest. The duo was rushed to the Kwakwani Hospital where they were stabilised and then rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC), where they remain patients. After the alleged stabbing, the suspect made good his escape. Police have launched a search for him while continuing their investigations.