-severely injure proprietress
-cart off millions of dollars in cash
(See story in tomorrow’s paper)
Terror was wantonly unleashed at Metenmeerzorg last evening when a gang of about six heavily armed bandits swooped down on a supermarket at 52 Middle Street, beating and holding staff and family members of the business owned by Donauth Judistry hostage, before carting off some $7-8 Million local currency and an undisclosed amount of US currency.ollars. In the frenzy the businessman’s wife Annie suffered severe head injuries after being on the head and had to be rushed to hospital.  Their ten-year old daughter and an 18-year-old niece were also beaten, gunbutted.  The 18-year old was forced to lie face down on the floor, while two employees were also beaten and terrorized.

Judistry, who feigned being merely a customer managed to escaped ou of the store and jumped a fence and ran through a yard from where he discharged two rounds at the men, missing them on both occasions.

As members of the gang ransacked the store, terrorized their targets, others advanced towards Annie who was deeper in the shop and demanded cash. Menawhile, the men, in an effort to further intimidate the family, discharged several rounds. Under pain and in a state of panic, she showed the men to the drawer containing the cash and they made off with it.  

In the usually quiet neighbourhood, neighbours were not alerted to the fact that something dreadful was taking place at the store until gunshots rang out in the night.  Calls were made to the police who arrived about one hour later.

Meanwhile, about two hours later, two sluice operators working at the seaside in the neighbourhood turned up at the home of the beleaguered business owners and claimed that the group had attacked them and another person praying at the seaside and robbed and tied them up.   The victims claimed the men came by a boat propelled by a 40 H.P. outboard engine.

After unleashing terror in the neighbourhood, the apparently escaped using the same means by which they had come.

The sluice operators, after managing to free themselves, made a report to their Guysuco security supervisor who took them to the Leonora Police Station where they made a formal report.

The report of last evening’s criminal attacks apparently prompted immediate heightened security action, unlike the night before when a resident of Waller’s Delight was beaten and robbed of more than $7M.  Acting on the heels of last evening’s robbery attacks, a road block was immediately set up at the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Police are continuing their investigations.