Saffon St general store robbed
Guard shot and killed
By Kim Lucas
The regular hubbub of Saffon Street, Charlestown was brutally interrupted yesterday afternoon when two x unmasked bandits stormed Jairam’s General store, killing the security guard and carting off in excess of $600,000.
Dead is 45-year-old Chaitram Etwaru, of 15 Public Road, Agricola, East Bank Demerara. Etwaru, who had only been employed with Vigil Guard Service for about six months, was reportedly shot in the abdomen and cheek as he stood outside the business place.
It was the latest blow struck by bandits in an orgy of deadly violence which erupted following the February 23 escape of five men from the Georgetown Prison.
