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Venezuelan found dead in Cuyuni Backdam
(Kaieteur News) – A Venezuelan national was found dead at Quart Stone Backdam, Cuyuni River, on Monday, police have confirmed.
The deceased lying in the roadway.
Details from the Guyana Police Force disclosed that Calvin Johnson, a 50-year- security guard attached to a Russian company in the Cuyuni Backdam, reported the death to the Bartica Police Station. According to the police, Johnson told ranks that a female known only as Uma informed him that a male Venezuelan national was lying dead on the roadway.
Uma told Johnson that she was told that the man was beaten by other Venezuelan nationals.
“Upon receiving the information, Johnson said he proceeded to the scene where he observed the man lying motionless, covered with a multi-coloured hammock, with his face showing. He took photographs of the scene and later returned to his camp, from where he contacted the Bartica Police Station and made a report,” police detailed in their report.
The GPF said detectives from the Bartica Police Station are enroute to Quart Stone Backdam, to carry out their investigation.
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