A 19-year-old man was knifed in a busy Hamilton store on Wednesday — Bermuda’s third stabbing within five days.

The victim was stabbed in the stomach after an argument with another man in Sports Locker at about 2pm. He was later taken on a motorcycle to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where police he remained in a stable condition last night.

His attacker escaped the scene on a motorcycle, but today police said two men were in custody over the incident.

A passer-by told The Royal Gazette he saw people running down Queen Street shortly afterwards.

“I thought it was someone shoplifting,” he said. “It wasn’t until I saw all the police that I thought it might be more serious.”

A Bermuda Police Service spokesman appealed for witnesses and said: “It happened so fast many people in the store didn’t know what took place until after it happened.”

Last Saturday, Jahkoby Smith, 21, was stabbed to death at the West End Sailboat Club, Sandys, where a wake was being held for shooting victim Jahcari Francis.

On Tuesday night, a 40-year-old man sustained a life-threatening stab wound in a domestic incident in Sandys. He was later moved to a general ward. A 30-year-old suspect is in custody.