Miner found dead at Baramita

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of miner Clement David of Baramita, North West District whose body was found with marks of violence to the head at about 07.30 am yesterday, on the roadway at Baramita.

The body is at the Port Kaituma Hospital Mortuary.

In the past three weeks, three other miners were killed in a similar manner. Two Sundays ago, the decomposed body of miner Andre Hercules was found with his feet and hands bound at Long Island, Middle Mazaruni, Region Seven. The week before, miner Michael Morris of Cummings Park, Sophia was beaten to death at West Park Backdam, Cuyuni. Another miner, Terrence France, was found with chop wounds in a mining pit at 8 Miles Backdam, Port Kaituma on December 1.