Number 46 Village shop owners robbed

Kumarie Kumaldeo

Two Number 46 Village, Corentyne shop owners were attacked and robbed yesterday by two men armed with a shotgun and a knife.

Kumarie Kumaldeo, 57, and her husband, Kumaldeo (only name), also known as ‘Pandit,’ 58, were left traumatised after the attack at the grocery they run at Number 46 Village, Corentyne, which is under their home.

Kumarie told Stabroek News that the attack occurred around 1.30 pm, when the two men entered her shop. One of them ran up to her and held a knife to her throat and instructed her not to scream. “He say don’t scream or me go shoot all two ayo,” she said. “Them take a tape and tape down me two hand and tape me mouth right away around and shove me down… and tell me don’t move or me go kill ayo,” she added.

She further recalled that the men