Unity woman in  fear after resident fires at house

A Unity woman says that she fears for her life after a near-by resident boiling with rage, discharged rounds at her home on Tuesday night before threatening to kill her and the rest of her family.

The man who owns a small ice factory at his home had reportedly accused the woman, Raywattie Sukprasad of gossiping about his wife with a neighbour.

While the police at the Mahaica Police Station were made aware of the incident yesterday morning, ranks have been unable to apprehend the shooter. He has apparently fled the area and several visits to his home by ranks failed to locate him.

Several efforts by this newspaper to make contact with him were unsuccessful and up to press time last evening there was no police release on the incident.

A frightened Sukprasad speaking from her home located at Factory Road, Unity, Mahaica said that the resident stood in front of her house around 6 pm using a series of expletives before firing about six rounds into her yard.

Providing a reason for the attack, the woman said that a neighbour and the man’s wife are not on speaking terms.

“He accused me of siding with de neighbour and talking he wife name”, she said.

Sukprasad informed Stabroek News that he was always in the habit of cursing and she had cause to file a report against him about one year ago. On that occasion she said that the man was warned even though he denied any wrongdoing.

The woman said that she had wanted to report the matter the very night but encountered some transportation difficulties.

Yesterday morning, she said two spent shells were found in the vicinity of her yard and they have been handed over to the police. There was no damage to her house.

The woman said that she is afraid because ”he threatened to kill me daughta-in-law and me children anytime we come out of de house”, adding that “I trembling right now. Since last night (Tuesday) I can’t sleep”.

To further complicate things, the woman said her fellow villagers are refusing to speak and signalled that they may also be afraid to come forward.