Shane Su­perville

An ear­ly morn­ing ar­gu­ment be­tween two cousins in Barataria on Sat­ur­day morn­ing led to both men be­ing hos­pi­talised af­ter they stabbed and chopped each oth­er.

Po­lice said the fra­cas be­gan when one of the men, was asleep at the fam­i­ly's Ninth Street, home at around 5.30 am when he heard his rel­a­tive curs­ing and shout­ing out­side.

As he con­front­ed his cousin over the com­mo­tion, he told po­lice he was chopped by him with a cut­lass on his right shoul­der.

The wound­ed man pulled out a knife and stabbed his cousin sev­er­al times in the chest and back as they strug­gled over the weapon.

Oth­er rel­a­tives heard the com­mo­tion and took both men to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex (EWM­SC).

Po­lice said both men were in sta­ble con­di­tion as of Sun­day morn­ing.