Word on the street is that Don Smith, a Sandals executive, was stabbed several times in his apartment.

Investigators are probing the attack on Smith, who is a 73 year old vice president of Sandals Group. He has been hospitalised in serious condition after he was attacked and stabbed several times by an intruder at his apartment in Freeport, Montego Bay, St. James on Monday evening.

Smith, who is head of transportation at the Sandals Group, arrived home from work when he was attacked by a man who reportedly broke into his apartment.

The suspect used a knife to stab him several times to his upper body.

The wounded man alerted a relative who called the police and an ambulance.

He was transported to hospital for treatment.