Guyanese man killed in Suriname during altercation

A Guyanese man living in Suriname was on Friday evening stabbed to death during an altercation with two other Guyanese men at Commissioner Roblesweg, Suriname.
Dead is 26-year-old Chris Persaud, formerly of Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Based on reports received, Persaud and two men were involved in a heated argument, during which he was attacked with a knife. In retaliation, he reportedly went to his vehicle, collected a cutlass, and returned to the scene. It was at that time that a friend restrained Persaud’s action, but one of the suspects reportedly came from behind and stabbed Persaud in the throat.

The injured Persaud reportedly jumped into his vehicle and drove home, but subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
Vickash Balkissoon, the dead man’s brother-in-law, explained that Persaud worked with him transporting workers, and on the night in question, they had both reached home at about 9:00h.
“He does drive a bus for me…so, when we reach home, he tell me that he was going to collect one of his friends, but I tell him to relax at home and get some rest, because he had to collect workers the next morning at 3:00h. He was bent on going, and he tell me that he will make it fast because the friend waiting on him.”
Balkissoon further stated that, at about 10:30h, he received a telephone call from his brother-in-law’s friend, who is also his worker.
“He tell me that Chris get jook, and that he jump in the bus and drive off… He tell me what happen, and asked me to come out, so they can go look for him.”
However, Balkissoon said that as he drove out of his yard, he saw the bus in the trench almost submerged. As he looked closer, he saw Persaud lying on the parapet in a pool of blood.
“He wasn’t responding; so, without hesitation, we picked him up and rushed him to a nearby health post, but by the time we reach, they pronounced him dead,” the aggrieved brother-in-law stated.
He added that he later learnt that the argument stemmed from Persaud having driven too close to one of the suspects while that suspect was walking on the roadway.
“Me worker explained that one of the suspects accused Chris of driving too close to him, but in Suriname the streets are very narrow, so you can’t avoid that… This is a jokey matter to even lose your life…Chris come to Suriname after his house burn down… he come to make a living, but this is how things end up,” Balkissoon noted.
Meanwhile, he added that after committing the act, the two suspects, along with a 14-year-old girl and two other men, stole a boat from a fisherman and made their way to Guyana. One of the suspects reportedly lives at Unity and the other at Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
He is optimistic that these two men would be arrested and charged with the heinous crime.