A Cotton Field man was left counting his blessings after surviving a chopping attack by a family member on Sunday night.
Fifty-three-year-old Romeo Simon of Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast, and a father of eight, was chopped to his head, hand, and chest by a relative of his daughter-in-law. He told Stabroek News that he is currently in pain after the injuries.
In recalling the event, Simon said he received a call on Sunday night from his attacker to go to their home as his son had been injured. Upon his arrival, he saw that his son had not been injured, but instead he was attacked. Simon said that an argument had ensued which resulted in his daughter-in-law’s relative arming himself with a cutlass and chopping him in his head, hand, and shoulders.