THE Police are hunting for a suspect who set cardboard boxes on fire and threw them on a man, killing him in the process inside the compound of the Huaxin Supermarket at Beezie Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

The body of the unidentified man was discovered by a 52-year-old painter, who turned up for work Monday morning at the supermarket on the northern side of the compound.
The body was clad in a multi-coloured short pants and part of a grey jersey. The police reportedly found burn marks to the upper part of the man’s body.

Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras installed at the supermarket and buildings in the surrounding area revealed that around 02:46hrs, the victim had an argument with the suspect, during which the suspect pushed him to the ground and he became unconscious.

The suspect then picked up some empty cardboard boxes, went to where the man was lying and set them on fire, after which he rode away from the scene on his bicycle.
The victim’s body is at the Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting identification and a post-mortem as an investigation continues.