Tuschen taxi driver dies after being stabbed by bandits

Abdool Hassim

A Tuschen taxi-driver was stabbed and left to die on a lonely road on Friday night at Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo.

Dead is Abdool Hassim, 48, of 2509 Tuschen Housing Scheme. The father of eight was working when he was attacked by bandits and robbed of cash and a cell phone. Hassim managed to escape the robbers and ran into another street for help. He collapsed in front of a home on Sheriff Street, Tuschen and shouted for help. However, the occupants of the house did not come out to help to him and he died at the side of the road.

A few minutes later, a resident who was returning home saw him lying on the road and when he checked him he was barely breathing. The man said he immediately