UG student stabbed during robbery at ECD bar succumbs

Eighteen-year-old Anand Jerry, a student at the University of Guyana (UG) has succumbed to the injuries he received during a robbery outside a popular bar along Success Railway Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The robbery was committed earlier this month but Jerry had been fighting for his life at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.

Alexandra Jerry, sister of the now dead teenager, confirmed that her brother had passed. “I cannot believe you have gone and left us Anand. My one and only brother I literally cannot believe it. You had so many plans, so passionate about your dreams…Only God knows what exactly happened…Rest in perfect peace my brother,” she posted on a social media platform.
Guyana Times was informed by one of Jerry’s relatives that he had gone to the bar with his friends on April 2 to “lime”.
However, while sitting outside the establishment, several masked men snatched a phone from one of his friends. In doing so, the friend fell to the ground. At that point, the teenager saw what had happened and intervened but one of the bandits hit him in the head with a gun and stabbed him in the neck.
As the teen collapsed, gunshots were reportedly heard. The men were seen pointing guns at the patrons of the bar.
The gunmen subsequently made good their escape. When Jerry regained consciousness, he asked his friends to take him home, but they ended up taking him to the Georgetown Public Hospital due to the injuries he received.
The tragic and senseless loss of Jerry has left the community in shock and disbelief. His family, friends, and the wider community are calling for justice to be served and for those responsible for this heinous crime to be brought to justice.
The Police are yet to make an arrest in connection with the incident.