Two suspects were arrested yesterday over the armed robbery that occurred early Friday morning at Apaikwa Landing, in Upper Mazaruni, which left a miner hospitalised with multiple chop wounds about his body.
According to the Commander of Region Seven, Linden Lord, the armed robbery occurred at 1.30 am on Friday, when the two suspects, who were armed with a gun and a cutlass, invaded Tameshwar Sookram’s apartment and demanded money. Sookram, 31, of Lot 118 Last Squatting Area, Enterprise on the East Coast Demerara resisted and the suspect who was armed with a cutlass dealt him several chops about his body. Jose DaSilva, 42, a Brazilian businessman, was also wounded in the attack.
Lord disclosed that the two suspects were arrested yesterday morning and were positively identified. They were due to be transported to Bartica for further investigations. However, he said, money that was stolen was not recovered.
