Four men armed with handgun, knives and cutlasses on Wednesday evening terrorized and robbed a Blairmont, West Bank Berbice family, escaping with a quantity of cash and jewellery. The robbery occurred at about 19:15h, moments after Shamshudeen Khan, also called ‘Fizal’, closed his grocery shop. From reports, four men confronted the businessman and held him at gunpoint demanding cash and jewellery. Speaking with Guyana Times from his Lot 23 No 3, Blairmont, WBB on Friday, he explained that after closing the shop, he went to get some fresh air but as he opened the back door, he was attacked by the four men armed with a handgun, knives and cutlasses. As they men confronted and ordered him to hand over jewellery and money, they held his wife and two children (ages 7 and 8).
During the ordeal, they entered the shop, broke the drawer and took away about $500,000 and about $200,000 in jewellery which he kept in the kitchen.
They then went to one of the bedrooms, opened the wardrobe but came up empty handed. They then ransacked the room but found nothing.
The bandits then turned their attention on his wife and ordered her to take off the jewellery, and she complied.
After the five-minute ordeal, the men then escaped into a nearby housing scheme.
Khan noted that the men were not wearing masks and he could identify.
Nevertheless, the businessman vented concerns with the police response to the robbery. He claimed it took him 45 minutes to get through to the Blairmont Police Station. He explained that ranks from the Fort Wellington Police Station arrived at the scene before those from Blairmont.
He is of the view that the perpetrators could have been caught had gotten on to the police. “The road is one way in, one way out and if I de get onto the police, I sure they could a set up a road block because I later hear that the bandits left in a car”, the man argued.
The police have since taken statements from the two adults.
According to the businessman, his two children are traumatised.
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