The Parika, East Bank Essequibo man who had been residing in Venezuela and who had threatened to bomb several stores in Guyana in a Facebook post was on Monday slapped with an inciting public terror charge.
Shaim Wazir Nazir being escorted after his court appearance
Shaim Wazir Nazir, 23, who at the time of making the post was living at Parika Backdam, stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
He denied that between June 1 and June 3, 2018 at Parika Backdam, with intent to cause public terror, he wrote in a Facebook post: “Essequibo belongs to Venezuela, I will bomb all of your stores one by one.”
Nazir, who worked as a labourer and who returned to Guyana just six months ago, was remanded to prison. According to Chief Magistrate McLennan, the defendant was remanded in the name of public safety.
The case will continue on June 26, 2018 at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.
Following the post, hundreds of Guyanese called for his arrest.
