Indian national bled out from multiple excise wounds

Jun 02, 2015 News

A post mortem examination performed on the body of Harkirat Singh has revealed that the Indian national died from shock and haemorrhage resulting from multiple excise wounds.
Singh, 38, who had a history of mental illness, is alleged to have snapped and attacked his brother-in-law Amrindeo Singh, 32, with a knife and hammer.
The attack took place in the quiet gated community of D’Aguiar Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on May 26.
The brother-in-law is said to have sustained stab wounds to his neck and face, as well as lacerations to the back of the head, but was subsequently listed as stable.
The police also recovered a hammer and a knife near the front door.
The slain man’s sister, who witnessed the first stages of the attack, said that her brother was schizophrenic, and that he recently threatened to kill family members and take his own life.
She blamed staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital for ignoring pleas to have him admitted for psychiatric treatment.
According to reports, the sister was feeding the couple’s small son, while her husband sat at a dining room table, when the mentally-ill man sneaked up behind his brother-in-law and struck him with a hammer. He reportedly then began to stab the injured man.
Neighbours were alerted to the attack when they heard the wife screaming and saw her run out of the house with her small son.
“She was saying help me…help me…Ashook (the brother) and Harry fighting,” a resident said.
On entering the yard, residents reportedly saw Harkirat Singh, the husband, sitting at the front door entrance, and bleeding profusely from wounds to the neck and face. A resident remembered staunching the blood and then helped take the injured man to the hospital.
Residents said that the family has been living in D’Aguiar Park for some six years. According to one report, Amrindeo Singh became mentally unstable in India, after sustaining on-the-job injuries.
He was reportedly employed at an East Coast Demerara location. But his sister said that his mental condition recently deteriorated and he began to threaten family members with violence.
She alleged that the brother, while armed with a knife, had jumped the fence about a week ago and had threatened to kill everyone in the family and take his own life.
She said that relatives took him to the Georgetown Public Hospital and begged a staffer at the Emergency Unit to have him hospitalised.
However, family members were reportedly told that Amrindeo Singh’s condition did not warrant him being admitted to the Psychiatric Ward.
Residents who lived in D’Aguiar Park for several years said that they could not recall any other such violent occurrence in the community.

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