Kimbia attack leaves one dead, another seriously injured

A cutlass attack at Kimbia Village, Upper Berbice River during the wee hours of yesterday has left one man dead and a teenager with a severed wrist and serious neck injury.

Dead is Selman Khan, 23, of Wiruni, Upper Berbice River who sustained  chop wounds on his neck, face and about his body. His nephew, Shane Osborne, 18, is presently hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hos-pital after one of his wrists was severed. He also sustained a wound to his neck. 

Osborne’s father, Vanwest Osborne, a Coun-cillor for the Wiruni Village, explained, that his son and cousin (Khan) left home to head to nearby Kimbia Village to attend a reception for a wedding on Sunday.