Police say resorted to use of force after attacked

Krishna Persaud

The Guyana Police Force said its ranks had to resort to the use of force against 45-year-old Krishna Persaud on Sunday evening after he attacked two of them.

In a release yesterday the force said policemen confronted Persaud after it was reported that he made threats, “involving the use of a knife,” on another man.

During the confrontation, which occurred at the man’s Sophia Front, East Coast Demerara (ECD) residence,