29 Dec 2017

Police in Samoa investigate serious assault

1:14 pm on 29 December 2017

The police in Samoa are investigating the serious assault of a man in the capital Apia.

The man was found unconscious in a pool of blood early Wednesday morning with severe head injuries that police believe were caused by a machete.

Police spokesperson, Superintendent Auapa'au Logoitino Filipo, told the Samoa Observer that the young man had emergency surgery Wednesday

morning and is still in intensive care.