A DOMESTIC worker jumped through a window and onto a shed before scaling a nearby fence to raise an alarm after bandits attacked her employer at 08:50hrs on Saturday morning.

The incident occurred at Andrew Singh’s Grocery at Lot 21, East Canfield, Canje, Berbice, when three armed bandits pounced on the shop owner’s wife and three grandchildren. One of the bandits posed as a customer.

Speaking to the reporters, the woman Yoshindra Singh related that a customer came to the shop and asked for 10 lbs of chicken feed and as she was preparing to weigh the feed, the person asked for a bottle of water.

As she turned towards the freezer for the water, she felt someone behind her.

The woman, who was hoarse from screaming, recalled as she turned to see who it was, but she was pushed to the ground. It was then she realised that the person behind her was the person who pretended to be a customer. He tied a piece of cloth to cover his face.

“He ask where all the money and gold deh and same time wan next one come in and start tumble up the shop,” a still traumatised Singh related.

While this was happening, a third bandit was outside keeping watch on the three grandchildren who were in a hammock. He subsequently tried to gain entry to the family’s car but it was locked.

The men in the shop, unsatisfied with what they have collected, dragged Singh to the upper flat of the house and demanded more money and gold, but she told them she did not have any.

A female domestic worker, who saw the men, jumped through a window and onto a shed and then over a fence, into a neighbour’s yard where she raised an alarm.

The men, after realising that they were not making any headway and had limited time, decided to question the grandchildren and threaten to shoot them if they did not tell them where the money is. Fearing for their lives, the children pointed to a bucket in the shop where money and phone cards are kept.

The men carted away over $120,000 in cash and approximately $35,000 in phone cards from the bucket and another $60,000 from the apron of Singh, who was still lying on the floor before making good their escape.

When police arrived, they were nowhere to be seen. Police have launched an investigation into the matter.