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A Siparia man who chopped and wounded another villager is himself hospitalised under police guard after being shot by officers whom he allegedly tried to attack with a cutlass over the weekend.

The suspect was warded at San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) up to time of publication.

Reports are that two constables from Siparia CID were responding to a report that Samuel Toolsie was accosted and wounded on the afternoon of July 6. Shortly after arriving at the scene, the officers too were attacked.