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Armed bandits chopped, brutalized Court clerk
…hold gun to eight-year-old son’s head
Armed masked bandits invaded the home of Kuntie Persaud, called “Swarsatie” 35, of Lot 111 New Area, Adelphi, East Canje, Berbice, around 23:50 hrs on Thursday evening.
Kuntie Persaud
Persaud, a typist/clerk at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court, brutally chopped and beat her before robbing her of hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry.
During the attack the three bandits armed with a gun, a cutlass and an axe threatened to shoot her eight-year-old son, Andy, by placing a gun to his head. The woman was chopped twice on her left hand, once on her right and twice on her fingers.
The woman who, despite being chopped, was putting up a resistance. She decided to concede when she saw the bandits emerge from the room with a gun to her son’s head. The bandit by then had taken all the jewelry the woman was wearing and were demanding more.
According to information the woman was at home with her son. They were in bed when she was suddenly jolted from her sleep by the sound of breaking glass. The men had scaled the fence before mounting the steps, breaking and ripping out the glass windows and wooden bar, and barging into the house.
Once in the house the culprits fired a shot from a shotgun that ripped a large hole in the roof. They then grabbed the woman and started to beat and broadside her, taking her into the hall as they made their demands. They took what she was wearing at the time and aimed some chops at her body, even as she fended them with her hands.
The woman left hand was almost severed, as were her right hand and the fingers on both hands. The bandits had cut the telephone cords and discharged rounds to ward off neighbours, who might have tried to come to the woman’s aid.
The bandits, who were wearing hoods, smashed the downstairs light before scaling the fence and escaping through the nearby cane fields. The police were informed and arrived on the scene but by then the men had long gone.
Severely wounded and bleeding profusely, the woman who had collapsed by then, was rescued by neighbours and rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she was admitted and underwent surgery.
Her husband, Yadram Persaud, who works in Suriname, was informed and started travelling immediately to be with his family. He arrived home around 10.15 hrs and the police had not arrived to take statements.
The damage window and roof.
The man and his family were very upset that up to about 11:30 hours the police had not returned to do any follow up work. The place was in a mess and reeked of blood and the family was told not to enter the house, by the police, despite their desire to clean the place.
Investigations are ongoing into the matter and so far three suspects are in custody as the police hunt two others.
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