There are reports of a chopping incident in Los Tambios Village in the Cayo District. According to police it happened yesterday at a UDP rally.
Timothy Delarosa a villager of Los Tambios was attending the UDP rally that was held on the football field in the village and reports are that while he was leaving the area a commotion broke out between a group of PUP supporters and those at the UDP rally.
That was when a man Delarosa identified to police as Daniel Recino approached him and began to chop him in the crowd.
Raphael Martinez - Public Relations Officer, Police Department
"Just after 8 o'clock last night, one Timothy De La Rosa, a farmer of Tambios Village, reported to the San Ignacio Police Station that just after the political meeting, that was held in Tambios Village at the football field, upon walking home out of that football field, he was approached by one he knows as Daniel Recinos. For some unknown reason, Recinos inflicted chop wounds for some unknown reasons. Police are now looking for Daniel Recinos pending charges for wound."
Reporter
"Was this a political incident? I was made to understand that they were at a rally before."
Raphael Martinez
"Well, he mentioned that for some unknown reasons, so apparently, I am not really sure what the answer for that is."
According to one villager, several people were chopped including Lenny Pahram who was chopped to the right side of his face and chest and another man who was chopped to the right arm.
So far police have detained Daniel Recino for the incident.
According to bystanders, it would have escalated into a bloodbath, if one bystander had not fired a series of warning shots...
