At least three Molotov cocktails were on Saturday evening hurled at a surveyor’s house in New Amsterdam, Berbice.
The house and car that were targeted
The ‘bottle bombs’, as they are commonly called, made of gasoline, were thrown at the house situated at Lot 51 Stanleytown and Republic Road shortly after 23:00h.
The surveyor, Vincent Barker, told Guyana Times that after the explosions, he looked through his bedroom window and saw a bright light behind his car.
“I realised that it was fire so I came outside and rushed downstairs.” He explained that when he got to his car, he saw one of the ‘bottle bombs’ behind his car.
Barker related that one of the bombs hit his car and landed in the yard, but did not go off. Another landed under the house and a third hit his bedroom window, but ricocheted.
The man’s wife, Judy Barker said she had just finished reading her Bible when the two explosions were heard.
One of the ‘bottle bombs’ found at the scene
“One was in front and one was at the back,” she recalled while noting that she immediately woke her husband.
The woman stated that as the Police arrived and commenced their investigation, there was evidence that one of the bottles was thrown under the house. She noted that fragments were seen on the car, on the window and in the yard.
“There was even one that the Police found on the road that was not used a yet,” she added.
Surveillance footage has captured two persons leaving the scene hurriedly moments after the explosions were heard. The Police are investigating.
