Arouca teacher stabbed in classroom

A teacher at St Pius Boys RC School, Arouca, is receiving treatment after she was stabbed at the school yesterday.

Police said the teacher was in her class at around 2.20 pm when one of her neighbours entered the compound and stabbed her five times with an ice pick.

The man ran away and the teacher was taken to the Arima Hospital where she remains warded in stable condition.

Police said the suspect is still on the run and believe the incident arose over a land dispute between the teachers and her neighbour.