Bandits attack Corentyne family

BANDITS struck in the Central Corentyne area on Tuesday night, leaving a family of Bush Lot Farm without their savings and other valuables.

At approximately 22:45hrs, two men, both armed with handguns, barged into the yard of Sasewattie Singh and held her son Tameshwar Singh, 19, at gunpoint. He was in a hammock under the house. The men escorted him upstairs after relieving him of his Samsung cellphone. They then bound him and placed him on the floor while demanding cash and valuables. By this time Sasewattie said she was awakened by the sound of the men making demands. When she and her 18-her-old daughter came out of the bedroom to enquire, they were confronted by the two men.

A bag containing their savings of $45,000 in cash, several pieces of jewellery, including two pairs of gold jingles, four finger rings and two cell phones were given to the men. Before leaving, one of the men told Sasewattie he was paid to kill her but he left. “The tall one tell me how a man pay he to kill me and me ask him who, and he say one millionaire man, but when me ask why and what he name, them just left. I wasn’t really worried cause I don’t really know no rich people and if he wanted to kill me he wouldn’t tell me,” she related. The men wore dark clothing and had masks and toques on. One was described as tall and big built while the other as short. Both brandished ‘shiney’ hand guns. The men left on foot and the police arrived shortly after but were unable to locate anyone matching the description provided. The family is calling for increased police patrol in the area, especially the back streets, because this is the third robbery since Friday last within the neighbouring villages of Maida and Bush Lot Farm on the Corentyne. Police investigations are ongoing.

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