A teenager was severely wounded and another man injured when they were assaulted by a mob wielding cutlasses, sticks, and chains.
Nineteen-year-old Sudesh Persaud said the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at Albion, Corentyne, (East Berbice-Corentyne).
He said he was attacked by a group of men who were trying to kill him, and despite seeking refuge in two different yards, he was still on the receiving end of cutlass blades.
The teenager, who received chop wounds to his feet, hand, forearm, and multiple injuries to his head, claimed that he was drinking at a bar not far from his home and when he left, he encountered a 13-year-old, who plays cricket at the same venue as he does.
According to the construction worker, he engages the teen in conversation but shortly after he was attacked by a mob which arrived in two cars.
The persons alleged that he attacked the 13-year-old with a sharp instrument.
Persaud said he sought refuge in a yard, but his attackers rushed him despite being warned by the property owner not to enter his yard.
Video footage seen by this publication shows a group of men forcing their way into a yard and then unleashing a series of blows on Persaud.
Some of the men standing outside one of the houses where the teen had sought refuge
The video also shows the teenager escaping and running into another yard and subsequently into the house where screams were heard. He was then seen walking out of the yard and as he did, he was being hit with sticks.
Meanwhile, Lakram Raminal, who lives at the first premises where Persaud sought refuge said he was also beaten by the mob after he tried to stop them from attacking the teenager.
“I tried to prevent them men from coming into my yard and they push my gate open and proceed to beat the youth man and beat me because I try to prevent the problem,” Raminal explained to this publication.
Meanwhile, a woman who lives in the second yard in which Persaud sought refuge told this publication she was attempting to lock her gate while the mob was on her bridge but one of them raised a cutlass at her forcing her to flee, leaving the gate open.
The woman fled to the safety of her neighbour’s house.
Persaud ran into the woman’s kitchen, where he was again attacked.
However, shortly after he was asked to leave the premises; his attackers followed him.
Meanwhile, the teenager’s mother, Lila Persaud while calling for swift justice, explained that she later found out that one of the attackers accused the teenager of attacking the 13-year-old with a sharp instrument.
Police subsequently arrested a businessman, who has since been released on station bail.
Investigations are continuing. (G4)
