Armed bandits storm construction site, rob workers

Four construction workers were left traumatised on Friday after they were robbed by a group of armed men at their work site in Annadale New Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

According to the men, they were robbed of their cellular phones along with the cash they had in their possession. It is still unclear the amount of cash the bandits took, and the value of the phones that were stolen.
During a live video that was posted on social media by a resident, the men related that they were working on a house in the area for the past two weeks. However, on the day in question, they had just taken a break when the four men pulled up on bicycles and approached them. The men were reportedly armed with a gun and cutlasses. One of the victims recalled that after the men stormed the site, they began kicking and beating one of the workers. “They come on four different bicycles, four persons, we deh sit down hay suh and them start beat up abeh. Them search up this one [another construction worker] bag, and them pull gun pon abeh and them man start kick down this one hay [his other colleague],” he said. The men added that after taking their phones, the bandit who was holding the cutlass threatened that he was going to chop off their necks. They said after hearing that, they began begging for their lives. “After we start beg, them calm down. Then cuff that man [one of their colleagues] to he head and kick am down. Is same time we tek out lil food fuh eat the man run in and pull gun pon we. He put de gun to he [one of the victims] head. They tumble up all in here,” he said. After being robbed at the location on Friday, the men said they will be closing off work at the site for their safety. According to the victims, they were unable to identify the men since they all wore masks.
Following the robbery, the matter was reported to the Police and an investigation was launched.