Po­lice of­fi­cers have launched a man­hunt for a man ac­cused of the at­tempt­ed mur­der of his girl­friend in Freeport on Sat­ur­day.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, the 41-year-old woman of Maraj Av­enue, Mis­sion Road, Freeport, is in crit­i­cal con­di­tion af­ter be­ing set on fire by her com­mon-law hus­band. The in­ci­dent oc­curred around 5 p.m. on Sat­ur­day while the two were ar­gu­ing.

The man, po­lice said, al­leged­ly doused the woman with gaso­line and ig­nit­ed the fire. He re­port­ed­ly fled the scene and is cur­rent­ly in hid­ing.

Any­one with in­for­ma­tion is be­ing asked to con­tact the po­lice at 999, 555 or 800 TIPS.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.