“Nobody didn’t want to help we” – eyewitness recalls moment friend bled to death

Anna Catherina chopping murder

Family members and friends of the construction worker who bled to death after he was chopped to his leg on Sunday are of the firm belief that the young man could have been alive today had persons assisted him to the hospital.
Sanjay Hanoman, 21, of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD), was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital hours after he was chopped to his leg, allegedly by a 19-year-old Venezuelan national.
His friend, Steve Bharrat, witnessed the incident and bemoaned the fact that no one came to their assistance. He explained that even villagers within the community refused to help him take his friend to the hospital.
“When I was riding coming in, the Spanish boy and he alone was standing up on the road. I can’t know what [they] did talking and what the argument was about…But when I went by the barbershop, riding coming in, is when the man [suspect] went to his waist and cut [Sanjay],” Bharrat recalled.
He continued, “When I [was] riding coming, the suspect jump on the bicycle and ride through the cross-street with speed. I can’t go behind [him], I had to save [my] soldier because he was bleeding bad, bad,” the young man explained.
The grieving friend stated that he picked Sanjay up off the ground and carried him home, where this family washed his foot and tied it up.
“But no car didn’t want to come for the man [victim]. [They] ain’t want to come for the man. [They] say about blood and this and that…save the man life,” the friend lamented.
Meanwhile, Hanoman’s sister, Sangetta, who fought to hold back her tears, stated that her brother did not deserve to die.
She added that her parents worked tirelessly to provide for them, and now, with his death, the family does not know how to move forward.
“This just hurt me, to know that my brother gone and left me; our mother worked so hard to bring us up and to know that somebody can do him that, and he is not bad.”
According to the young lady, her brother never had issues with anyone in the community.
The sister lamented that “my brother worked hard for everything he wanted in this life,” but now, he will not be around to enjoy the fruits of his labour.
The distraught sister stated that her brother would usually take her out. She disclosed that last week, they went out, and if she had known that would have been the last time, she would have made it memorable.
“Only last week, he came and carried me out…he asked me ‘[sister] what you want, [sister] you good?’ And I would always say yes, bro. That is the last I ever get from my brother. I never get to talk, touch my brother to see how he died, he just died and gone just like this,” the grieving sister said.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) had initially stated that the victim was 19 years old, but family members have clarified that Hanoman was 21-year-old.
Meanwhile, the suspect has since been arrested and placed in custody as investigations continue. Family members and friends are calling for swift justice. (Shemar Alleyne)