A Soufriere man is nursing injuries to several parts of his body after three of his close relatives grouped up and beat him over a family issue that has been festering for some time now.
Gaston Attie, 32, of Morne La Croix, Soufriere was taken to the hospital and treated for injuries to his head, face and mouth. Reports are that he had to undergo several tests.
Attie’s sister Lea told St. Lucia News Online (SNO) today (Nov.19) that the incident took place this morning at about 9 a.m. in the presence of other relatives and neighbours.
She claims that the issue began when her youngest sister participated in a deliverance service at a local church and started calling out their aunt’s name for allegedly trying to harm her children.
Someone apparently filmed it and placed it on the internet and those who were mentioned got to find out. The statements infuriated the aunt and her children who allegedly decided to confront her.
According to Lea, the aunt accused the woman’s brother of coaching her to say the things she did and the aunt’s children – two males – both confronted her brother and threatened him.
Lea said the police was brought in to settle the matter, but the aunt and her children were not prepared to give up and even went on to allegedly threaten to burn their house down.
The issue continued on the streets, because even when they came into contact with each other, they would have verbal exchanges, which in some cases led to fights.
However, this morning things got worse when they came back to Lea’s brother, who was on the road, and started to physically assault him with their hands.
But a few seconds of the incident was captured on video, where the younger sister was heard screaming in the background while her brother was being attacked by their family.
Lea said she hopes that her brother was not seriously injured from this incident and would like the police to intervene again, because it could turn into something much worse.
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