Tragedy struck the community of Moruca early Friday morning after a businessman was chopped to death by a fellow resident.
According to reports, the farmer who was identified as Jimmy Ganga was so badly chopped that one of his foot and hand were severed.
The man who also goes by the alias ‘Khrishna’ was confronted around 6:30hrs while he was heading to his farmlands aback Mouruca.
The assailant has been identified as Daniel Rodrigues. He has been arrested by the police.
There is no reports of the motive for the attack but residents said the man has been wandering around the village over the last few weeks.
Recently, he armed himself with a cutlass and threatened to chop Khrishna.
His threats were not taken seriously and no report was made to the police.