Youths cleared over Non Pareil incident, villagers held for attack

Police have arrested three villagers for the assault on three Buxton teens on Wednesday at Non Pareil, East Coast of Demerara, which is being blamed on a misunderstanding.

The three young males, who were working with a construction company that is building homes in the area, were also cleared by police of the allegation that they attempted to invade a closed shop, which set off the attack in which they were beaten with cutlasses, spades and sticks. One of the victims suffered chops to his head, foot and hand. Two of them are 16 year-olds, while the other, Lancelot Griffith, is 17-year-old.

“The youths were workers in the