Investigators of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are investigating the circumstances that caused a man to received 1st-degree burns about his body.

Police responded to a home around 1:30 PM on Wednesday 10th August 2016 in the area of Leeward Palms Providenciales, where The 31-year-old victim told officers that a female known to him threw hot oil on his body. He was taken to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre via ambulance where he remains in critical condition with burns to the head, arm and torso.

Police launch an investigation into the matter. 

A 25-year-old female of the same address was arrested on suspicion of Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm. She is presently on police bail.