Teen hospitalised after altercation at Sheet Anchor, Berbice

(Kaieteur News) – A 19-year-old man was assaulted and subsequently fell unconscious on Friday at Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, Berbice.

According to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), initial investigations disclosed that at about 22:00hrs the 19-year-old, who is unemployed and a resident of Sheet Anchor Village, was in the company of a 27-year-old woman when he became involved in a misunderstanding with three of his male cousins — two aged 19 and one aged 18.

The disagreement reportedly escalated into a physical confrontation, during which the parties allegedly armed themselves with cutlasses and assaulted each other.