Less than a week after a miner was beaten to death in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni district over the disappearance of raw gold, another miner was stabbed to death during an altercation at Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Dead is Reginald Charles, 30. He was reportedly walking in the vicinity of a night club at 111 Miles, Mahdia when he became engaged in a heated argument. This quickly turned into a scuffle during which one of his assailants reportedly broke a bottle and stabbed the man to his neck and chest.
After the stabbing incident, the injured man managed to run to the Mahdia Hospital where he succumbed while receiving medical attention.
The matter was reported to the Police and as a result of Police’s swift response, the two main suspects were arrested. This newspaper was told that the two suspects subsequently confessed to the heinous crime.
The duo is expected to be charged shortly. The man’s body is at the Mahdia Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
On Sunday last, Phillip Cort, 56, of Queen Street, Courtland, Corentyne, Berbice, was found dead in a mining camp at Armu Falls Top, Cuyuni, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), with multiple marks of violence about his body.
Based on reports, the now dead man had an argument with another man over some missing gold. The argument quickly turned into an altercation during which Cort was severely beaten and left to die. The main suspect, a 35-year-old man from the bauxite mining town of Linden, was subsequently arrested. He is assisting with investigations.
