Woman disarms gunman, averts robbery

Nov 05, 2015 News

The Hussein family of Cow Dam, Bath, West Coast Berbice can hardly forget last Tuesday.
Feroze Hussein, 34, a security guard employed by GUYSUCO, resides at 10 Cow Dam with his wife, Miriam, 32, a housewife, and his two children, aged 11 and eight.
The day had begun as usual, and the family lapsed into routine. Mr. Hussein had already left for work, and the rest of the family had just settled into their routine when two young men walked in and enquired whether Mr. Hussein had left for work.
A bruised, but composed Miriam related her story of how she kept her wits and was able to avert possible tragedy.
When the two respectable looking men, both of whom appeared to be in their early twenties, approached the door, the first thought was they may have been employees of GWI. However, the moment one of the intruders asked for her husband, Mrs. Hussein knew that it was not a normal visit. She stated that she tried to buy time. She then told him that her husband was upstairs. The man grabbed her, struck her in the head, and was pulling her into the doorway since she was outside. At the same time the other intruder forced his way into the house onto the upper flat and demanded gold from her son who told the armed man that they did not have any.
Even though bleeding profusely from wounds to the head, and to her face, the housewife tried to maintain her composure. She told the man that had she known that they were robbers, she would have cooperated with them rather than to put up a fight. However that did seem to work. She was concerned for the safety of her children.
Mrs. Hussein related that she was stunned by some of the blows she received, and that it was during the struggle that she realised that the man was carrying a gun.
She recalled trying to protect her face from the blows. However, with blood flowing profusely, she became fearless and was able to disarm her assailant. She was also able to knock him to the ground, and was really getting the better of him when he shouted to his accomplice, “Hi boy! Come!”
At that point, Mrs. Hussein ran through the door shouting for thief. The men in turn escaped empty handed on their bicycles.
According to Mrs. Hussein, the drama did not last more than five minutes.
The matter was reported to the Fort Wellington Police Station, but up to the time of filing this report there were no arrests made.
The investigation is continuing.

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