‘Bukta man’ held over wounding of miner at Takutu

Police at Bartica have detained a miner who cut open the stomach of a fellow miner following a drunken brawl at Takutu backdam last week.

A badly wounded Ray James was rushed to the Bartica Hospital on Thursday last with “his stomach hanging out”, according to reports. He was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday where he underwent emergency surgery.

James condition was listed as stable and yesterday relatives said