A policeman was on Monday stabbed several times about his body by a wanted man during a confrontation at One Mile Port Kaituma, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini).
Injured: Lance Corporal Bertland Scotland
The injured rank has been identified as Lance Corporal Bertland Scotland, who is attached to the Port Kaituma Police Station.
Based on reports received Police acting on information received went to S1A Junction, One Mile, Port Kaituma, NWD, where they confronted the suspect who was the occupant of the upper flat of a two-storey building.
However, in an attempt to apprehend him, he reportedly whipped out a knife and stabbed Scotland to his left hand, left hip, left lower abdomen, left eyebrow and left buttock.
The other ranks managed to apprehend the suspect, who was wanted in connection with the murder of pensioner Earl Peters on September 5, 2020; the wounding committed on Troy Roberts, who is presently admitted at the Georgetown Public Hospital and also for the wounding of Police Constable Edwards at Arakaka Police Outpost on August 20, 2020.
Meanwhile, the injured policeman was treated at the Port Kaituma District Hospital and subsequently medevaced to Georgetown. His condition is regarded as serious but stable.
Investigations into the incident are underway.
