Lethem guard stabbed to death during attempted robbery

A security guard of Tabatinga, Lethem, Region Nine, was stabbed to death during an attempted robbery while he was making his way home during the wee hours of yesterday and the police are currently on the hunt for his assailant.

Haimchand Persaud, called ‘Raj,’ 31, sustained a single stab wound to his chest and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Lethem Hospital.

The attack occurred sometime between 1.55am and 2.30am at the Tabatinga Main Access Road, while Persaud, his common-law wife Shemila Xavier, 22, and another woman, identified as Jillian Alfred, were