Around 7:15pm Friday, 28th May (Bermuda Day) police officers responded to a reported disturbance at Horseshoe Bay in Southampton.

Approximately 15 minutes later, police officers also responded to a reported disturbance at Chaplin Bay in Warwick.

However, on arrival at both locations, nothing untoward was encountered.

Detectives later learned that a 25-year-old man, who had been at Horseshoe Bay beach earlier Friday evening, attended King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment of a stab wound to his abdomen.

At last check the injury was not considered life threatening and the young man was listed in stable condition in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

Any witnesses to this stabbing incident at Horseshoe Bay beach Friday evening, as well as anyone with information about the reported disturbance at Chaplin Bay beach that same evening, are encouraged to call 211 or the independent and confidential Crime Stoppers hotline 800-8477.