Good Hope construction worker chopped to death during brawl

Surajpaul Etwaroo, a 38-year-old construction worker of Good Hope Phase One, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was hacked to death on Friday evening during a confrontation.
The incident occurred at about 17:30h at Sideline Road, Good Hope, Police said.
The murder suspect, who is from Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was later arrested and is presently in custody assisting with the investigation.
According to information provided by an eyewitness, the suspect crossed a bridge with his pedal cycle after which he met an identifiable male. The suspect reportedly went to the waist and upon seeing that, the other man ran.
The suspect then rode off the scene. Subsequently, the eyewitness reported that she saw the now dead man and the male who had run away on separate bicycles heading in the suspect’s direction. At the time, Etwaroo was carrying a cutlass while the other man was armed with a baton.
Shortly after, the suspect came out from a cross street followed by a confrontation. Etwaroo and the suspect both got off their respective cycles while the identifiable male ran into the yard of the eyewitness.
Etwaroo began chopping at the suspect with the cutlass but in retaliation, the suspect pulled a knife from his waist and also armed himself with the baton that the other man had dropped. He then dealt Etwaroo several lashes, thus causing him to drop his cutlass.
The suspect then picked up the cutlass and chopped Etwaroo several times in his abdomen. The suspect also used his knife and stabbed the victim several times about his body. Etwaroo collapsed on the ground with his intestine protruding from his abdomen.
After attacking Etwaroo, the suspect got on his cycle and escaped.
The eyewitness raised an alarm, and several persons gathered. Etwaroo was then picked up from off the road and transported by his brother to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical attention.
Investigations continue.