A To­ba­go woman has been hos­pi­talised af­ter be­ing at­tacked by her ex-boyfriend in Canaan over the week­end.

The 19-year-old sales clerk was vis­it­ing a friend on Feed­er Road when the as­sailant al­leged­ly en­tered the prop­er­ty and be­gan strik­ing her. She ran in­to a bed­room to es­cape, but he fol­lowed and broke down the door be­fore con­tin­u­ing the as­sault.

The sus­pect al­leged­ly stole her Sam­sung cell­phone be­fore leav­ing. The woman was tak­en to Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment.

Po­lice con­firmed that a sus­pect is in cus­tody and that in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.

The in­ci­dent comes days af­ter Dr Ger­ard Mc­Glone raised con­cerns about the rise in do­mes­tic vi­o­lence in To­ba­go. Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine re­cent­ly urged men strug­gling with over­whelm­ing emo­tions to seek help, warn­ing that there is no ex­cuse for vi­o­lence.

Mean­while, po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing a sep­a­rate home in­va­sion in Shir­van. Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Rod­hil Kirk said the oc­cu­pants were un­harmed, adding that po­lice are pur­su­ing leads and ar­rests are like­ly.