Police are investigating reports that a fifteen-year-old male of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, was allegedly involved in the rape and violent wounding of a 34-year-old woman of Spring Hall, at Mahaica on Sunday.

It is understood that the suspect is known to the woman, who is currently warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). Late yesterday the victim remained in a critical condition, as doctors at the institution continued a grim battle to save her life.

Reports said that around mid morning on Sunday, the mother of one was brutally assaulted, raped and left lying in a pool of blood on the floor in her home. Her husband, who was not at home at the time, later returned to find her blood covered body with stab wounds to her head, back, abdomen and genitals. Lying next to her, crying, was their two-year-old baby.

The woman was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit at the hospital around 11:00 h, where she was given emergency treatment and admitted.

Meanwhile, also at Mahaica on Sunday, 39-year-old Michael Williamson of Helena Mahaica, was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit with chop wounds to his head, face and both hands.

The persons accompanying him to hospital were unable to give details of the incident, but claimed the assailant was unknown to the victim. He was admitted in an unconscious state.

His condition is still listed as critical.