A Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara (WBD) couple are patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital after they were robbed and stabbed by four masked bandits on Monday.
The couple, Goeberdhan and Sangeeta Mahabir, both of Nowran Dam, Sisters Village, were injured about 21:30h, while Goeberdhan was in the process of closing his variety store – which is located in front of his two-storey home.
Guyana Times was told that the elderly man had just closed his gate and was about to enter the shop – which leads into his house – when the bandits jumped the fence and pounced on him.
The house where the couple resides
Two of the bandits, who were armed with knives – entered the house and attacked Sangeeta while the remaining two, who were also armed, remained with the businessman.
The two men assaulted the elderly man, while their accomplices proceeded to ransack the variety store, where an undisclosed amount of cash was found.
Just before leaving the scene, the bandits stabbed the couple several times about their bodies, before fleeing west.
“He [Goeberdhan] got a stab to his belly, one to his head and he get a cut on his forehead and she, on the right arm, she got about five or six stabs there and on her back leg and on her back,” a relative explained.
The couple’s nephew, who resides a short distance away, told this publication that he heard screams coming from his uncle’s home and upon checking, he observed him on the ground in front of his shop, bleeding profusely.
“He told us that he was just about closing up and after closing the gate, he just walk back [towards the house] and four of them [bandits] jump the fence and two of them attack him and two of them run inside and attack his wife,” he said.
Another relative explained that a resident rushed the couple to the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
They were subsequently transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
At the scene on Tuesday, this newspaper observed spots of blood inside the shop and in front of the yard.
In addition, it was reported that a hat, suspected to be that of one of the suspects, was found at the scene.
Guyana Times was told that this is the third time within a one-year period the couple were robbed.
An investigation has been launched; however, no one has yet been arrested.
