A 52-year-old man re­mained in crit­i­cal con­di­tion yes­ter­day fol­low­ing a chop­ping in­ci­dent in Ma­yaro on Wednes­day.

A woman was al­so in­jured in the at­tack.

Po­lice said around 4 pm, Mukesh Ramkissoon of St Ann’s Vil­lage, and the 26-year-old sus­pect were in­volved in a heat­ed ar­gu­ment that turned vi­o­lent. The sus­pect chopped Ramkissoon on his head and body and threat­ened to kill him. The woman, Neisha Mo­hammed, 54, suf­fered mi­nor in­juries dur­ing the at­tack. Po­lice of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed the sus­pect at the scene.

Ramkissoon was tak­en to the Ma­yaro Health Fa­cil­i­ty, where he was ex­am­ined and trans­ferred to the San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal. Ramkissoon suf­fered mul­ti­ple lac­er­a­tions to his head, left thigh, left arm, back and left thumb.

Mo­hammed re­ceived in­juries to the eye and an­kle. She was list­ed in sta­ble con­di­tion.

Po­lice of­fi­cers seized the cut­lass.

WPC Charles is in­ves­ti­gat­ing.