A teen of Dukestown, Corriverton, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is now dead after he was on Monday chopped by two men in his community.
Dead is 18-year-old Keon Byass, a labourer of Dukestown, Corriverton, Corentyne.
Dead: Keon Byass
Police have since said that the teen was chopped by two men with whom he had an ongoing misunderstanding, as they had wounded each other in the past.
However, relatives said previous incidents between the youths were not dealt with effectively by the Police, including one incident which saw the now-dead teen having a hand almost severed.
Speaking with Guyana Times, the now dead teen’s aunt, Bridgette Byass said that her nephew went to the tailor on Easter Monday and on his return home about 09:30h, he was attacked by the two brothers at the head of the street where he resided.
“He was on his way and these fellas trail him and then they ambush him. They start to chop him from the road front and he ran, but he had nothing to defend himself and they continued chopping him. People were there, but nobody really want to come forward to say anything. They keep chopping him and he fall down and couldn’t move anymore,” she said.
Police said that the teen attackers were both armed with cutlasses. The injured lad was then rushed to the Skeldon Public Hospital and subsequently transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
On the way to the hospital, Byass reportedly revealed to his brother the identity of the persons who had injured him.
After that, his aunt said that his “only words were “dem two brothers chop me’ and from then he was unconscious until he arrived at the New Amsterdam Hospital. “We couldn’t get to see him, because he was never stable. He went into shock… he bleed too much,” she disclosed.
He succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday afternoon. The two suspects live a stone’s throw away from the teen’s home.
His aunt explained that the teens had an ongoing feud.
“He and them had an ongoing problem from since school days. The very first time they catch him was year before the last and they chopped him and his hand couldn’t work until now. The Police never take no step and this thing continue going on. A few months ago, during last year, they attacked him and he had to defend himself and he pelt a bottle and one of them get injured – stab or cut or something. Nothing come out of that story.”
During that incident, according to Byass, another of her nephews was also wounded.
Police in a release said about 17:30h on Tuesday one of the suspects turned himself in at the Springlands Police Station.
Byass leaves to mourn three siblings and his parents.
The dead teen’s mother, Christina McDonald is calling for justice.
“They did it once and we didn’t get no justice; now they do it again and kill him. I need justice for my son,” she said as she burst into tears. (G4)
