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Police reviewing CCTV footage of Middle Road murder
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Sunday confirmed that CCTV footage is currently being examined, as it pursues several leads in the Middle Road murder that occurred Saturday afternoon.
In a statement, police said an investigation has been launched into the incident which left Ariel Betancourt Ramiel, a 48-year-old Cuban National, dead.
Dead, Ariel Betancourt Ramiel.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was found lying motionless on the access road with what appeared to be stab wounds. He was examined by a doctor on duty from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and pronounced dead at the scene,” the statement said.
Additionally, a knife, the suspected murder weapon, was retrieved from a nearby drain and lodged as part of the ongoing investigation. Ramiel’s remains were then transported to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, where it awaits a post-mortem examination.
So far, no arrests have been made.
The Cuban-national was on Saturday afternoon killed during a robbery at Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown.
Ramíel was reportedly stabbed by two men on bicycles at around 14:00h. Eyewitnesses said that the men attempted to relieve the man of his valuables.
Residents told Kaieteur News that Ramíel fought the duo and was stabbed in the process. He was seen lying on the road and residents said they quickly called the police.
Residents said they heard noise and dogs barking for a prolonged period which alerted them that something was wrong.
“I was inside and then I heard the dogs them barking and when I come outside, I saw the guy lying on the ground near a taxi man and the neighbours them outside… I start calling 911, cause at first I think it was an accident, is the taxi driver what saw everything he said no it’s not an accident, two skinny guys on the bike rob he and gone riding up the road and like he fight back with them,” a Middle Road resident told Kaieteur News.
The woman explained that she does not know the victim personally but would see him walking through the street daily to pick up a woman, believed to be his wife from work.
“Normally pun ah afternoon, his wife does come off at the head of the road with bus so he normally go and pick up his wife and walk her back in as protection but they coming from that same direction which he walking to and they see he and ride and turn back for he,” the woman related.
Another resident said he was inside his home when he heard the commotion which prompted him to look outside.
“When I come out, I see two boys jump on their bicycles and the man on the ground… one of them with a knife in their hand and they ride and gone,” he recounted.
The man told Kaieteur News that he too would often see the victim walking in the street with his wife.
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