Excavator operator hacked to death at Omai Backdam

– Police issue wanted bulletin for Brazilian

Thirty-one-year-ol Brian Marco, also known as “Toney” or “Regular Boy”, an excavator operator from Kwebanna Road, Moruca, North West District (NWD) was on Monday brutally hacked to death at Omai Backdam, Essequibo River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

Based on reports received, the now dead man and the suspect Antonio Silva De Oliveira,52, a Brazilian national were employed by Chunilall Babulall at Omai Backdam.
Marco and De Oliveira, known as “Brazo”, worked night shifts operating separate excavators in the same pit. Police stated that on Sunday evening whilst working, the two men had a misunderstanding during which the victim allegedly assaulted the suspect.
The following day, at approximately 15:00h, the now-dead man was reportedly resting in a hammock in front of a shop while another worker was also sleeping nearby.
However, it was then that De Oliveira attacked the victim with a cutlass and dealt him several blows. Two other workers managed to disarm the suspect but fled the scene after he too was assaulted.
The injured man was rushed to the Mackenzie Hospital where he was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the police on Wednesday issued a wanted bulletin for De Oliveira, whose last known addresses were given as Lot 75 Church Street, Alberttown, Georgetown, and Brazil.
The Police are asking anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the suspect to contact them at 227-1149, 225-8196, 227-1611, 268-2328, 225-6978, 333-3876 or at the nearest police station.