A Corentyne businessman is now dead after he was shot and chopped by two bandits who invaded his home on Wednesday night.
Although Patrick Mohabir, 42, of Lot 9 Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice, died of injuries he sustained during a scuffle with one of the men, there is suspicion that they intended to kill him since they had refused valuables that were offered to them. According to a police statement, the attack occurred around 11.30pm, when the two men, armed with a firearm and cutlass, entered Mohabir’s home and held him up along with his wife Shabina Ahmad. During the attack, police added, Mohabir put up resistance and was shot and chopped by the perpetrators, who escaped with two cell phones and a pair of shoes.
Mohabir was subsequently taken to the Anamayah Memorial Hospital, where he
