A 51-year-old Bartica miner was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in the mining community after he was chopped about the body by another man in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni area on Saturday afternoon.
Dead is Jerry Primo of Lot 69, Third Avenue, Bartica. Commander of E&F Division of the Guyana Police Force, David Ramnarine confirmed yesterday that Primo sustained chop wounds to his body sometime on Saturday in the Puruni area. He said the man was rushed to the Bartica Hospital but died from his wounds sometime during Saturday night.
The commander was high in praise for a miner who is a rural constable in the area whom he said arrested the suspect and handed
