Battered body found at Schoonard

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified male of East Indian descent whose battered body was discovered at Schoonard Public Road, West Bank Demerara on Saturday evening.
According to information reaching Guyana Times, the body was discovered along the roadway just before 20:00h. There are injuries to the forehead, shoulder and knee, all of which are consistent with injuries sustained in an accident.
Divisional Commander Leslie James told this publication that the dead man appears to be in his 20s.
The unidentified body was taken to the Ezekiel Funeral Home to await a post mortem examination.
Body found at BV
In another incident, the body of a teenage female resident of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara was discovered in a cemetery with indications that she had been brutally murdered. Altogether, these incidents bring the number of reported fatalities over the past weekend to a total of eight.