EIGHTY- year- old Mohamed Suleiman died on Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Public Hospital, two hours after he was beaten to his head and other parts of his body by his mentally unstable son, 53-year- old Ali Mohamed.The Guyana Chronicle was informed that Suleiman who had been bedridden for nearly 10 years was in his bed when he was attacked by his son with a piece of wood. Suleiman first had a stroke at the age of 34 years and had never recovered from that illness.
Mohamed on the other hand was first diagnosed as mentally unstable 13 years ago when he “tripped out” and had to seek medical attention. The man however never “tripped out” again until last November, when again he began displaying real signs of mental instability, which culminated in the attack on his father. Mohamed was however receiving medical attention for his illness.
When the Guyana Chronicle visited the family’s Lot 38 Parker Street, Providence, EBD residence yesterday morning, they refused to speak on the issue.
However, a neighbour explained that she was inside her house when she heard one of the dead man’s daughters calling at her gate. She said that when she went out, the woman related what was happening.
The neighbour said that when she looked over from her yard to the window situated in the room of the elderly man, she saw from the shadows that Mohamed was armed with a piece of wood, with which he was inflicting blows on his father.
The woman further explained that she could not hear any noise or sound coming from the house, because there was a birthday celebration in progress nearby, and the music was loud.
After the incident, the relatives with assistance from persons in the area were able to restrain the mentally unstable man, while his father was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital. At the hospital the injured man was examined and treated, but he died shortly after.
The police have since taken the mentally unstable man into their custody and up to press time he was being held in isolation from other prisoners.
Ali Mohamed has been described as a patient of Dr. Bhiro Harry. This is the second patient of Dr. Harry to have acted in a very strange way within the last three weeks. On Christmas Eve, a woman who is also a patient of the doctor’s clinic, jumped to her death from the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

(By Leroy Smith )