A THITY-SIX-year-old miner, Nelson Thomas, of Fourth Field, Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was stabbed to death during a suspected robbery on Thursday, just hours after registering his newborn.

Reports are that Thomas and his wife had travelled to Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) to register their newborn after working for quite some time in an interior region.

At around 19:00 hours, while at home, Thomas reportedly told his mother that he was going to visit his uncle at Second Street, Kaneville.

It is unclear what happened immediately after Thomas left his house, but a resident of Kaneville told police that after being alerted at around 21:30 hours, he left, looked out and saw the miner lying motionless under a shed attached to the eastern side of his house.

The resident subsequently called the police and reported the matter at the Grove Police Station.

In his report, he said: “It appears that the deceased was returning home when the suspect(s) attempted to rob him and stabbed him in the process.”
Thomas was escorted to the Diamond Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

His body was later transferred to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Parlour, where it is awaiting a post mortem examination, as investigations continue.