A teenaged girl suf­fered se­ri­ous in­juries af­ter she was chopped by a close male rel­a­tive on Sun­day.

Po­lice said around 3.40 pm the 17-year-old girl and a 24-year-old man got in­to an ar­gu­ment at his Pointe-a-Pierre home.

Dur­ing the fra­cas he al­leged­ly grabbed a cut­lass and struck her sev­er­al times on her arms, hands and head. The sus­pect then locked her in the house and left.

The teenag­er es­caped through a win­dow and sought as­sis­tance from neigh­bours.

She is ward­ed in a se­ri­ous con­di­tion at hos­pi­tal.

The sus­pect has not yet been ar­rest­ed.