Williamsburg phone card seller shot dead in robbery.
2 hours ago Source
A phone card distributor was this afternoon shot dead at Adventure, Berbice by a robber who relieved him of an undisclosed amount of cash and phone cards before escaping.
Dead is Vanian Jagdeo of Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice who was shot three times.
Stabroek News understands that the attack occurred around 4:15pm, shortly after Jagdeo entered a shop at Adventure to distribusing Firearmute phone cards.
Reports revealed that while there, Jagdeo noticed a man had entered the shop. When he enquired from the shop owner if she knew the individual, the shop owner responded in the negative after which the gunman whipped out a firearm and shot Jagdeo.
He made good his escape with a bag containing a quantity of cash and phone cards.
Tain woman shot dead in kick down the door attack.
10 hours ago Source
A 45-year-old domestic worker was last night shot and killed in her Tain, Corentyne home by a bandit.
Dead is Leilawattie Mohamed of 149 Tain Settlement, Corentyne who was killed shortly after 11 last night.
Initial reports say that two men, one armed with a shot gun, kicked down the womanβs door and rushed into the home where she was with her two children ages 21 and 18,
They placed the woman to lie on the ground and her two children to kneel and demanded money. When the woman said she had no money she was shot in the face and later died. The men then rushed out of the home and fired a warning shot before scaling the fence.
They escaped empty-handed
Police are investigating.