Cutlass-wielding man shot in Malabar

A 37-year-old Mal­abar man is in sta­ble con­di­tion af­ter he was shot dur­ing a con­fronta­tion on Tues­day night.

Po­lice said the man got in­to an ar­gu­ment with a rel­a­tive and a neigh­bour on the cor­ner of Kelle­wan Av­enue and Train Line Road, at around 9.30 pm, when he charged one of the per­sons with a cut­lass.

One of the men who was armed with a shot­gun fired a shot, hit­ting the at­tack­er in his left leg.