A WISROC, Linden fireman is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was brutally chopped about his body by bandits on Wednesday night.
Masimba Sampson, 30, is now being hailed as a brave man, since he put up a fight against the four bandits who were also armed with a gun. Reports indicate that the perpetrators called Sampson out of his house. Despite being outnumbered, he managed to get the gun from one of the bandits, but was unaware that they were also armed with cutlasses and before he knew it, he was chopped several times about his body, including his face and head.
The bandits then escaped and Masimba made his way to the Wisroc Police Outpost, where he was subsequently rushed to the Linden Hospital but was later transferred to the GPHC. He was bleeding profusely when he was admitted to the hospital. Ranks from the Wisroc Outpost made their way to the home, but came up-empty handed as the bandits had already made good their escape.
A neighbour of the man told this newspaper that the incident occurred around 22:00hrs on Wednesday and he had heard the commotion but did not take it seriously. “I hear the noise last night, but me aint know is chop the boy getting chop up.” Masimba was off duty at the time the incident occurred. Another neighbour revealed that the fireman recently sold a piece of land and perhaps the bandits went after the money. “Hear wah happen, he sell out a set a land behind there, I know he sell two lands to one person, so it got to be dah money them man went after,” he said.