Good Hope woman stabbed after calling police on abusive husband

Yankumarie Balkaran

A Good Hope, East Coast Demerara mother of six was yesterday stabbed multiple times about her body  by her reputed husband of 17 years shortly after she called police on him.

Yankumarie Balkaran, 31-years-old, of, Lot 3 Phase Two, Good Hope, was stabbed to her head and hands and was in a stable condition at the Georgetown Hospital up to press time. Her sister was also lashed to her hand with a piece of wood by the man as she tried to protect her sibling.

The man, who is reportedly still on the run, attacked the woman at her sister’s home, a