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Jan 04, 2011 News
Ranks from the E and F Division yesterday visited the 74-year-old miner who was burned in the face on Friday in the Mahdia Backdam, by bandits who claimed that they were looking for employment.
Felix Nichols, 74, a native of St Lucia, who is a nationalised Guyanese, suffered third degree burns to the face.
His condition has been listed as stable; he is receiving medical attention at a city private hospital.
Police sources confirmed yesterday, that a statement has been taken from the elderly man. The source explained that they are still looking for the suspects who carried out the crime.
Nichols owns and operates a small dredge in the Mahdia backdam.
According to a source in the Mahdia community, the bandits only managed to escape with $2,000.
A relative of the elderly man had told Kaieteur News that Nichols, who was alone at the worksite, was approached by the two bandits who asked him for something to eat and if he was hiring.
The relative explained that Nichols began telling the two men that business was closed for the season and there was no vacancy.
Kaieteur News was told that Nichols had just turned his back when the two men attacked him. The bandits tied the elderly man with a rope.
According to the relative, the bandits then pulled out a can Baygon and sprayed it on Nichols.
They then threw a lighted match on him, causing the elderly man to be engulfed in flames.
Fortunately for Nichols, minutes after the bandits left, he was discovered lying on the ground by some of his employees who had turned up at the work site.
He was immediately rushed to the Mahdia Hospital where medical staff tried to stabilise his condition.
The elderly miner was subsequently transported via minibus to Linden, from where his son, instead of an ambulance, brought him to the city.
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