Caretaker foils attempted robbery at Islamic school

Some of the items packed up by the bandit

An alert caretaker at the ISA Islamic School at East Street, Georgetown helped to avert a robbery around 3 am yesterday and recovered a number of items that were already stashed in several bags.

Kenneth ‘Abu’ Richmond, 35, told Stabroek News that the bandit attempted to cart off a flat screen (desktop) computer system, a tape recorder, books and stationery.

It is suspected that the man had already stolen a laptop computer,