A 43-year-old man was hospitalised early yesterday morning after being stabbed during a verbal argument with another man.

Shortly after 2am officers responded to an establishment on Baillou Hill Road, where they found the man with stab injuries. Emergency services treated him at the scene and transported him to the hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

Preliminary reports indicate the argument escalated, leading the suspect to stab the victim with a sharp object before fleeing in an unknown direction.