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Man suffers ‘several deep lacerations’ to his head following samurai sword attack, officials say

FILE PHOTO: A Florida man who stole a victim's samurai sword, laptop and other belongings then drove off in the man's truck was arrested after leaving his cellphone at the crime scene, investigators said.
FILE: Sword of the Samurai. (Vladimir Kokorin/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

WALTERBORO, SC — A South Carolina man is recovering after investigators said he was attacked with a samurai sword.

Colleton County Fire-Rescue and the Walterboro Police Department were called out to Chaplin Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday for a man injured in a sword attack.

When officers got to the scene, they said they found the man “bleeding profusely from a head wound.”

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Paramedics treated the man for several deep lacerations to his head at the home before taking him to a hospital in North Charleston.

Police said the man had been in a fight with another person who then attacked him with “a samurai-style sword.”

So far, there has been no word of any arrests in this case.

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