The police are investigating yet another murder in Guyana’s interior, following the death of a 19-year-old miner in the North West District around 23:00 hours on Tuesday last.
Police in a press release said that Kennedy Creem of Two Miles, Port Kaituma, was beaten to death by two men in the Monosse Backdam, located several miles from his home community.
According to the police, investigations revealed that Creem and the men were drinking at a shop after which they left to go home.
It is alleged that Creem turned back, wanting to consume alcohol, causing a heated argument with the two men, during which he was beaten about his body.
A police source told this newspaper that Creem may have also been sodomised during the attack
Both of the suspects are in police custody, while Creem’s body is at the Port Kaituma Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination.