Mahaica farmer killed with own cutlass by drug addict
MURDERED: Mahaica farmer, Balkissoon
MURDERED: Mahaica farmer, Balkissoon

BALKISSOON, age 52, a cash crop farmer of Helena, Mahaica No.2 East Coast Demerara bled to death after he was attacked and chopped to the neck by a known drug addict in the area. The man has since been arrested.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle Newspaper, the dead man’s eldest son said that he was at home when the incident occurred. The 29- year-old man said that his father had just left home to head back into the backdam at approximately midday yesterday when he reportedly crossed paths with his killer.
The farmer was heading to water his crops and had in his possession a water pump and motor blower, according to his son, along with his cutlass on the bicycle. The man had seconds before leaving home sharpened his cutlass.
Balkissoon’s son said that he did not know if his father and the man had any form of talking while they had crossed paths, but related that he was informed that the man pulled out the cutlass from the farmer’s bicycle and dealt him one chop to the neck.
Balkissoon’s young son, age 15, who was proceeding behind him in the company of a friend saw the attack on his father and when the man dropped to the ground. The young man then rushed to his father’s assistance and placed his jersey on the wound to stop the bleeding, while the friend rushed to inform the family, by which time the assailant had fled the scene.
The eldest son in his interview with this newspaper related that when they rushed to the scene the man was already dead, suggesting that he bled to death. They then went to inform the police of the development and the police responded promptly.
The police after being informed of where the suspect resided visited the man’s home and found him there. He was taken into custody and investigations into the matter continue.
Persons in the Mahaica area said that the suspect is a known thief in the area and would steal people’s cattle and other property and resell them to feed his drug addiction.

(By Leroy Smith)

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