Bandits invade Vergenoegen residence
Woman shot dead, sawmiller critical
By Kim Lucas
A huge gang of heavily-armed river-borne bandits shot and killed the wife of sawmiller Hilton Ng-See-Quan early yesterday morning and seriously injured him when they stormed the couple’s East Bank Essequibo home in the latest abomination in the crime wave.
In the wake of the shooting, the army yesterday announced that it had intensified patrols along the coast, widening the scope of Operation Tourniquet from the East Coast Demerara.
Reports reaching Stabroek News stated that 60-year-old Claudette Ng-See-Quan succumbed on the way to the West Demerara Regional Hospital. Hilton Ng-See-Quan, 64, a former PNC/R MP was reportedly shot in the leg and abdomen and is hospitalised in the city. Up to last night his condition was listed as stable. He was conscious and breathing on his own.
