A five-year-old boy was among four individuals who sustained injuries following a brutal chopping incident at Industry, Choiseul, on Friday.
The other victims are a sixty-two-year-old male and two females aged 18 and 54.
The Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) responded at 10:15 pm and transported the victims to the hospital in stable condition.
Choiseul-Saltibus MP Bradley Felix described the incident as ‘ very unfortunate’ and ‘horrible’.
“Coming to the community this morning regarding this chopping, it is my understanding that an individual outside of the home who may have had a connection to somebody in the house, came in and apparently was extremely upset and everybody who was in the house at the time paid the price,” Felix told St. Lucia Times.
He said, fortunately, there was no loss of life.
The MP also said he learned that community residents arrested the perpetrator, who is in police custody.
“I am happy that the perpetrator has been caught, and it is a matter now of the family receiving psychological assistance, counseling. I wish them all the best and hope the whole chopping incident will not leave anybody maimed or handicapped,” Felix told St. Lucia Times.
He expressed concern over the inability of people to resolve issues peacefully, evident in the country’s violent crime surge.
In this regard, the MP expressed that conflict resolution must take centre stage, with the the matter being addressed in local school and community programmes.
“These are things that we need to address because apparently people have only one way of dealing with their grievances and that is, they believe violence is the answer,” Felix told St. Lucia Times.
“That is really unfortunate,” he asserted.
Unfortunate? hummm . You on the oppostion keep talking about crime like its a political thing. Everybody have answers till they form the Government. you Politicians will have to find money where it is, to train police to fly drones morning noon and night and in all areas of st lucia,. Or fly helicopters, install cameras on all or nearly all utility poles and areas finger printing, Massive k9 unit and every resource possible to catch criminals before they commit crimes or at the very least catch them and hang their morda after they commit crimes. Examples need to be set in stone. St Lucia too small for them sick ****.
Peep the country is bleeding peep. At what cost did the victory come.
This is attempt murder and he can get 20 years to life imprisonment
What a joke by the local authorities. Matter being addressed in local schools and communities? What exactly are the local schools and communities gonna do about this? This matter need to be addressd urgently with law enforcement officials and the perps need to be given a very strict punishment by the courts. Anything short of this, and this will mean that the law is weak when it comes to handling people who break the law. What is our PM going to do, fall on his knees and appeal to the perps to stop comitting acts like this…again?!
How can you bring yourself to hurt a 5 year old baby, no matter your rage?
SMH! What has this world come to?