Guyanese woman stabbed by drunken man in Suriname

A 20-year-old Guyanese woman is currently hospitalised after being stabbed in the chest by a drunken man at a bar in Meerzorg, Suriname, on Sunday.
While the woman’s name was not provided, Surinamese Police have reported that the suspect, while at the bar, suddenly initiated a fight with the young Guyanese woman. During the altercation, he broke the bottom of a beer bottle and used it to inflict a stab wound on the victim.
Upon receiving reports of the stabbing, law enforcement officers from the Meerzorg Bureau promptly arrived at the scene. They discovered the victim lying on the blood-stained floor. She was immediately attended to and rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
Further investigations into the incident revealed that the suspect was intoxicated at the time he committed the stabbing. The Police said the intoxicated state of the suspect was evident, as he struggled to articulate his words at the scene.
He taken to the Police station and after he had regained sobriety, the Police said the suspect was formally charged.

Only a few months ago, a Guyanese woman, Lisa Charran, 32, was stabbed to death by her husband in Suriname.
According to a Waterkant news agency report, a Police report said preliminary investigations revealed that Charran’s 10-year-old daughter was watching television with her sister and brother when she heard her mother screaming.
“She went to the screams and on that occasion, she saw how her stepfather, Dani J, inflicted several stab wounds on her mother with a sharp object,” the report said.
The suspect subsequently fled the scene.a