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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News File photo A 44-year-old man is now in hospital after a 20-year-old man chopped him in his head on Saturday night. According to reports, the two men were at a house on Unity Trace, Bon Air, Arouca at about 8.30 pm on Saturday when the 20-year-old man got into an argument with a woman who lived there. The 44-year-old man tried to intervene but the 20-year-old became more enraged, telling […]

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