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Armed bandits attack Lethem businessman’s home
…beat children, steal bike
The home of a prominent businessman in the Tabatinga, Central Rupununi, was attacked in the wee hours of Sunday morning, while his four children were left home alone.
Kaieteur News understands that the man, Joseph Carmichael, and his wife were attending to customers in their neighbouring nightspot during the time of the raid.
The injured teen
According to reports, the man’s 12-year-old daughter heard a knock on the front door around 2:00hrs. Thinking that it was her father, the girl said she opened the door.
It however turned out to be a man dressed in black, with his face wrapped with a piece of cloth.
He reportedly pounced on the child, punching her in the head and demanding the keys to the money.
After she screamed, her eldest sister, a 14-year-old, came out of her room with a torch and started to hammer the robber in the head.
He subsequently attacked the teen. Pressing her onto a couch, the robber began banging the torch in the teen’s head.
It was the swift action of a much younger sibling that saved her life.
The child dialed their father’s cell phone number and hurriedly positioned his phone so that his parents could have heard the screams of their daughter.
The parents reportedly then rushed over to their home only to find their daughter in an unconscious state, in a pool of blood.
The girl was rushed to the Lethem Hospital where she was resuscitated and received several stitches to the forehead.
A “monarch” bicycle valued at $50,000 was the only thing discovered missing.
Carmichael and his wife are thankful that none of their children received any grave injuries.
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