Football fight ends in chopping of Stanleytown teen

Hospitalised: Seon Griffith

A football game ended in bloodshed on Thursday evening after one of the players was brutally chopped about his body by another at the Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD) playfield.

Seon Griffith, an 18-year-old resident of Church Street, Stanleytown, was chopped to his hands, shoulder and neck after a fight with the fellow player, which occurred around 6.15pm.

He was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital and was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal, where he underwent emergency surgery.