Elderly guard battered in New Amsterdam robbery

Fredrick Minty

An elderly security guard was pummelled by two robbers at his worksite in Stanleytown, New Amsterdam on Thursday night.

The brutal attack on Fredrick Minty, 78, of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice, has left him hospitalized with three broken ribs in addition to a swollen face, that is black and blue, and various bruises to his hands and feet. He is now a stable patient in the Male Surgical Unit of the Georgetown Hospital, where he was transferred from the New Amsterdam Hospital.

The robbers escaped with Minty’s phone, bicycle and other