A 19-year-old waitress of Hong Chinese Restaurant at Canefield, East Canje was stabbed on Monday evening and her attacker who was also chopped is in custody at the Reliance Police Station.

The woman, Carina Hollins of 75 East Canefield is said to be in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital and is expected to undergo surgery today. Reports are that the knife that was used to stab her almost punctured her liver.
Enraged observers dealt the attacker, six chops with a cutlass on his neck, feet and hands. He was treated at the hospital and then handed over to the police.

Reports are that the attacker, who was a customer at the restaurant at the time, was making offensive remarks to another waitress because she refused to go out with him. He then became physically abusive to the woman; boxing her and hitting her with a beer bottle.

This prompted Hollins to intervene and the man also started to “pull and tug at her” and she in turn hit him with a beer bottle. Sources said he was angered by this and he drew a knife and dealt her the stab.

The woman started to bleed profusely and other persons who witnessed the stabbing pursued him and started to chop him. Two men have also been taken into custody for the chopping incident.