Elijah Daniels, a 24-year-old miner of the Upper Cuyuni riverine community of Kurutuka Village in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), has been attacked and brutally chopped to death by his brother-in-law on Tuesday at about 21:00h.
Based on reports received, when the suspect returned home under the influence of alcohol and saw his 17-year-old sister – wife of Elijah Daniels – asleep in a hammock, he reportedly armed himself with a cutlass and dealt her two lashes. And in
a bid to escape her attacker, she ran into nearby bushes and hid herself.
About 10 minutes later, Daniels came home, and the suspect attacked and chopped him in the face and on the hand before fleeing the scene.
Daniels’s teenage wife reportedly heard the commotion during that attack, and emerged from the bushes to find her husband lying on the ground with chop wounds on his face and hands. She raised an alarm, and was assisted to rush him to the Kurutuku Health Post, from whence he was immediately transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital and admitted in critical condition.
The matter was reported to the police, but the condition of the victim made them unable to take a statement from him. Regrettably, Daniels succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday evening while receiving medical attention.
A joint operation conducted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) resulted in the suspect being apprehended.
He was escorted to the Eteringbang Police Station, where he remains in custody, assisting with the ongoing investigations.
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