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A Chinese restaurant owner, attacked and robbed on Thursday night, was yesterday killed after she was struck down by a taxi while crossing Mandela Avenue, a few doors from her home.
Dead: Xue Fang Feng
Dead is 43 year-old Xue Fang Feng of Lot 195 Mandela Avenue. She is the mother of two sons and the owner of the Lotus Restaurant.
According to reports, Feng was returning home and was about to cross the second half of Mandela Avenue when she was struck by the taxi and thrown several feet away.
The driver of taxi has been taken into custody.
When Kaieteur News arrived at the scene of the accident, the mangled body of Feng was lying on the road covered with a white, bloodstained sheet as police officers tried to clear the backed-up traffic.
Steve Khan, an eyewitness, said that about 14:30hrs, the silver Toyota Allex, bearing number plates, HC 2408, had just turned the corner heading in the eastern direction when it struck the woman.
“I been driving behind him and saying to meself all the time this man gon knock somebody with all the speed he going with. When I turn the car all I see is the car park in the corner and a Chinee woman bruk up pon de road,” Khan said.
He added that the scores of persons who were in the area converged on the scene.
Another eyewitness, Joyce Phillips, said that she was downstairs in her yard when she was startled with the sound of a “scream” then a loud “boom”.
“When I run outside all I see is the lady from the Chinee shop lay down pon de road all she foot bend up… I wonder why these taxi drivers don’t slow down… all you need to do is slow down,” Phillips lamented.
The damaged taxi.
Reports reaching this publication stated that Feng and her mother were robbed and beaten on Thursday night. A source related that about 10:45 pm, Feng was at the counter of the restaurant when three men, one of whom was armed with a gun, demanded cash and threatened to kill her.
The source added that the men then called the two women out along with other men (cooks) and began to beat them.
After the robbery, the men sped off in a motorcar. The restaurant had remained closed yesterday.
It is believed that the woman had gone to the police station in the morning and was returning home after giving a statement. The mother of the dead woman after hearing the disturbing news about her daughter’s demise broke down in tears and was consoled by neighbours and friends.
According to a relative, Feng moved to Guyana about 12 years ago from Suriname. She has left her two sons, ages 6 and 12, her husband and her mother.
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