Peacemaker slain after Phagwah row

Distraught relatives of Abdool Waheed Gani at the Woodlands Hospital yesterday.

A 42-year-old carpenter was yesterday morning murdered after he went to the rescue of some children who were attacked by a man who had become enraged after they threw water on him as part of their Phagwah merriment. The suspect is in custody.

Abdool Waheed Gani of 367, Enterprise and Good Hope both East Coast Demerara villages died at the Woodlands Hospital where he was taken shortly after he was stabbed in the abdomen.
The incident occurred a stone’s throw from the hospital located on Carmichael Street.

Police said in a press release that they are investigating the