Family feud lands 4 women in hospital with stab wounds

An ongoing family feud between two siblings and a female duo intensified on Monday morning when a verbal row between the young women escalated to them stabbing each other during a heated argument at Quamina Street, Georgetown.

The injured women have been identified as 35-year-old Shavel Accra, a hairdresser of Lot 92 Block E South Sophia; her cousin, 25-year-old Toshawn Jiles of Lot 28 Holmes Street, South Cummingsburg, together with 21-year-old Niketa Lewis and her sister Stacyann Chandra, 24, both of Lot 12 A Queens Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown.
According to Police reports, at about 11:45h Chandra, her sister Lewis and their mother, Marlyn Chandra were heading home after casting ballots at a nearby Polling Station when they were approached by Accra and Jiles.
This newspaper was told that in the process, the older Chandra was allegedly assaulted by Accra, which resulted in the two having a heated exchange of words after which the two siblings departed.
However, the sisters did not let the alleged assault on their mother slide as they later allegedly armed themselves with knives and confronted the cousins, who were also armed with a cutlass and knife respectively. This quickly escalated into a fight as the young women stabbed each other.
Chandra received injuries to her hands, right foot and back while her sister suffered injuries to her head and foot. Both young women were rushed to the Woodlands Hospital where they were admitted and are being treated. On the other hand, Jiles and Accra both suffered injuries to their hands and are currently patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Their conditions are listed as serious but stable. Police investigations are ongoing.