A miner was killed on Sunday at Quartz Stone Backdam, Cuyuni River. He was found with wounds to the head and the throat.
According to a Guyana Police Force statement, the deceased, 33-year-old Allensford Consford Sargon, was found in front of a shop in the area in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Sargon was employed with a mine operator belonging to No. 40 Village, West Coast Berbice.
