OMA Mangar and her family are still reeling from shock having suffered brutality at the hands of two gunmen who robbed their home on Tuesday night.

Mangar told the Guyana Chronicle that at about 20:05hrs on Tuesday night, she, her parents and two visiting relatives were seated in the bottom flat of their Lot 189 Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara home, chatting.

Her mother, who was facing the window, observed a man jumping the fence and she started to scream, but by then the robber was joined by an accomplice, both of whom were armed with handguns.

Mangar related that the robbers placed them to lie face down on the ground and told them to stay quiet and hand over their valuables.

She said that the men were shouting at them the whole time and threatened to shoot if they did not comply. She added that her father hesitated and tried to resist but he was struck to his back with a gun by one of the two bandits and forced to the floor.

Mangar said that the men were not masked and are not known to them but they carted off with a laptop, cell phones, a blow dryer and an undisclosed amount of cash. She could not say how the men arrived or left the scene, since they were too afraid to look outside after the robbery.

Manger said that neighbours related that they did not see anything but she surmised that the bandits were watching and waiting before they carried out the robbery.

The matter was reported and the police were summoned but the bandits were long gone by the time the police arrived on the scene. Police said no arrests have yet been made but the probe is ongoing.