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Gunmen terrorise Hogstye family

Sep 23, 2009 News

…suspects nabbed in car hours later

Police have arrested five men whom they believed were responsible for terrorising and robbing a businessman and his family of Hogstye, Corentyne Berbice.
Reports are that businessman Subass and his wife were attacked by two gunmen and three others who were armed with cutlasses around 02:00 hours yesterday.
The family was awakened by a loud banging on the front door and when someone inside inquired who it was, the answer was that those outside were the police.
After stating to the family that they were policemen, the men discharged two rounds in the air.
However, given recent incidents, the family refused to open the door, choosing instead to secure themselves in a bedroom.
The gunmen then proceeded to break down the front door with a sledge hammer.
Once in the house, the men then went to the bedroom in which the family members had secured themselves and demanded that they open the door which they once again refused to do.
The men then broke that door too with the sledge hammer after discharging a round at the door.
Fortunately no one was injured when the men discharged the round in the house.
After gaining entry to the bedroom, the men, all of whom were masked, began demanding cash which was handed over after the men ransacked the house.
During the ordeal, the businessman’s wife, Jaiwantie Singh, was kicked about her body. The men then made good their escape on foot. Soon after, the police were summoned.
A few hours later, five men were intercepted in a taxi at a road block at Kildonan.
Sources say that the car and the occupants were searched and police found one .38 revolver and five matching rounds under the car seat.
The men were all taken into police custody.
The sources said that it is believed that three of the five arrested were members of the gang that robbed the family.
Investigations are ongoing even as neither money nor Jewellery has been recovered.

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