Elderly guard succumbs after pummelling by robbers

Frederick Minty

Frederick Minty, the elderly security guard beaten bloody by two robbers at Stanley-town, New Amsterdam, last Thursday night, has succumbed to his injuries.

According to his son Ezra Minty, the family received a call at around 9:30pm on Sunday night from a Georgetown Public Hospital official who informed that the 78-year-old man had died.

The attack left Minty, of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice, hospitalised with three broken ribs, a swollen face and bruises to his hands and feet. After beating him, the robbers escaped with