Latest update February 24th, 2025 9:02 AM
Historian held at gunpoint, SUV hijacked
Two armed men on Monday night menacingly threatened well known historian and educator, Tota Mangar, at knife- and gun-point before escaping in his silver-grey Suzuki Escudo SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) bearing registration PMM 6392.
Tota Mangar
The incident occurred around 20:45 hrs on Camp Street just as Mangar was preparing to go home after leaving a book launch at Moray House on Camp and Quamina Streets, Georgetown.
Yesterday, Mangar said that he was invited to the book launch and it was while he was leaving, he was robbed of his vehicle.
“I parked on Camp Street and when I reached to the vehicle, I put my phone inside and the two books I purchased from the book launch. Just as I sat and was about to start the car, the men appeared,” Mangar stressed.
He said that one of the men opened his back door and put a knife to his neck while another man jumped in the front seat and put a gun to his head.
According to Mangar, the men instructed that he give them the keys to his vehicle and then demanded that he walk away from the car.
“It happened so fast. There was nothing I could have done because one of them had a gun to my head and the other one had a knife to my neck. My chin got a little cut,” Mangar said. He said that the men appeared to be in their 30s.
Investigations are ongoing.
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