Taxi driver “played dead” to save life after brutal attack

The life of a taxi driver was speared on Saturday evening after he pretended to be dead after he was brutally attacked by five Spanish-speaking men who boarded his car at Parika Junction, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
The injured man, forty-six-year-old Shon Smith also called “Paper Man” of Ruby Back, EBE, was treated at the Leonora Cottage Hospital.
Based on reports received, Smith operated his taxi at the Parika junction, and on the night in question at about midnight, five Spanish-speaking men hired him to take them to Ruby, EBE. On their journey, the men started to chop Smith to his body as they attempted to rob him of his cash and cell phone.
The victim’s wife, Shaviza Smith, told another section of the media that the men eventually relieved her husband of a large sum of cash and some other personal items including the phone.
She noted that after the men entered the car, they told him to drive and whilst they were heading to their destination, her husband continued to ask them “how far more.”
It was then one of them whipped out a knife and started to stab Smith.
The woman further explained that one of the men, during the attack, accidentally hit the gear lever thus causing the car to go into neutral and eventually stop.
At that point, the injured man was taken out of the car after which one of the men took a knife to slash the back of his neck. The traumatised wife explained that her husband “played dead” just to save his life.
After noticing Smith not moving, the men escaped, leaving him in a trench. After some time, the injured man reportedly took off his shirt, wrapped his neck to stop the bleeding, and drove to a nearby house to seek refuge.
There, the occupants of the house contacted her and the man was rushed to the Leonora Hospital where he was treated. The matter was reported to the Police and an investigation is underway. The family is now living in fear as they believe that the suspects might go after them because they were all identifiable.