TWO nursing students who reside at the recently-built nurses’ hostel at New Amsterdam, were robbed by a gun-totting bandit and his accomplice, who apparently gained entry through a northern window.

The resident students, Wendy John and Eliza Edwin, who both hail from Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), were asleep when, at around 01:30hrs on Sunday, they were awakened by two masked intruders who demanded that they hand over whatever valuables they had.

Being afraid, they did as told, and handed over one Samsung Galaxy S8 cell-phone ($101,000.00); a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 ($43,000.00); and a Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime ($37,000.00).

But the dissatisfied thieves, who were the least bit impressed with the girls had to offer, proceeded to ransack the room to see what more they could come up with.

They were so engrossed in what they were doing, they didn’t see when John gave them the slip and managed to raise an alarm, alerting the other students at the hostel to what was taking place.

Too scared to do anything else, the burglars fled through the window through which they had gained entry before making good their escape in the dark.
The entire episode, the girls said, lasted approximately 30 minutes. Thereafter, the police were summoned, but no one has been apprehended as yet. Investigations are continuing.