Bandits terrorise Rose Hall Town family
The home of the Shirkissoons, where the robbery took place
The home of the Shirkissoons, where the robbery took place

— shot employee hospitalised

AT ABOUT 03:30 hrs on Saturday, Vaniesha Shirkissoon, a poultry vendor who plies her trade in the Rose Hall Town and Port Mourant markets, was preparing to go sell at the Port Mourant Market when three armed and masked men stuck her up at her Rose Hall Town home on the Corentyne, demanding cash and jewellery.

Shot employee Samuel Fernandes
Shot employee Samuel Fernandes

“Me come downstairs to prepare for the market around 03:30hrs and see three boys. They had on mask and tell me feh carry them to the money and gold.”

The traumatised woman said the men tied up her brother, and one of them stood guard over him outside while the other two demanded that she lead them to the money upstairs.

She said that as they approached the door, she forgot where she had left the keys because she was traumatized by fright, and the men started to hit her in the head with the gun as she fumbled.

The woman said she pleaded with the men not to hurt her, and called on her sister-in-law to open the door.

“After me sister-in-law open the door, they point a gun on she and said ‘don’t say a word’. Me carry them upstairs to me bedroom and open the wardrobe and give them everything me had.”

Shirkissoon said she gave the men over $2 million in cash, which was her business money, and jewellery she had accumulated over the years, worth over $1.5 million.
The men also took $50,000 she had in her possession, which was to be used for the day; and, not satisfied, they ransacked the house looking for more.

While this was ongoing, Samuel Fernandes of Bulletwood Street, Rose Hall Town, who works with the Shirkisoons on weekends, came in as usual to assist with preparation for the market, and he saw the tied-up man outside with the bandit over him. He raised an alarm and a scuffle ensued with him and the bandit. He managed to pull off the bandit’s mask, and was shot in the shoulder.

The bandits then fled, taking the booty with them. Fernandes remains a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital and is said to be in a stable condition.

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