Police looking for suspects who attacked, chopped taxi driver

Days after 46-year-old taxi driver Shon Smith was attacked and brutally chopped by five Spanish-speaking men at Ruby Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, the Police have finally issued a press release stating that the suspects are being hunted.
In fact, the release stated that several raids have been conducted at Ruby Backdam, Greenwich Park, Peter Street and Parika First Koker, thus resulting in several male Venezuelan nationals being taken into custody for questioning in relation to the attack.

The victim, the Police have said, visited the Parika Police Station but was unable to stand up due to the injuries he sustained to his neck during the attack.
However, Smith was shown photographs of 41 male Venezuelans, and after carefully viewing the photos to see whether he could identify his attackers, he said he did not recognise any of the 41 men as his attackers. An entry was later made in the station diary to that effect.
As such, Police are continuing the search for the suspects.
Shon Smith, a 46-year-old Taxi driver of Naamryck, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was attacked and severely beaten in the wee hours of Sunday, allegedly by five Spanish-speaking men.
According to the victim, at about 1:50h, he was driving along the Parika main road when he was stopped by the suspects, who requested to be taken to Ruby Backdam.
“He went on to say that while proceeding in Ruby Backdam, one of the men pulled out a knife and started to ‘chop’ him on his hand. The driver said he stopped the vehicle in the middle of the road and exited the car. The men also exited the vehicle and started to beat him and ‘chop’ him, after which they ran away,” the Police added in a release.
According to one Singh, a 49-year-old farmer of Ruby Backdam, at about 02:00h on the day in question, he was awakened by a loud noise.
Singh said he got off his bed and went outside, where he saw the victim lying down under his house shed with his body covered in blood. As a result, he immediately alerted his brother-in-law, who is also a farmer, and the victim was transported to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was admitted a patient and later discharged.
Since the report was made, several checks made for the suspects have all proved futile.