GUYANA UNDER SIEGE
 
Crime Images - 2001
 
 



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                        A1: Garvin France , shot dead                                                    A2: Garvin France , small shop            
 
                   

A: Garvin France, small shopkeeper who was killed at home; shot once in the leg, stomach, and mouth.   


                                             

                          B: Deowattie Briglall, beaten                                                                 C: Anita Persaud, dead  

B: Deowattie Briglall, along with her family, is attacked and brutalised.  She suffered a broken arm from beatings.

C: Anita Persaud, who was brutally raped and murdered, and left semi-nude in a trench. Her body showed a fierce struggle; her palms  were gashed and one of her elbow bones protruded.

  

                            

                D1: Sumintra Roberts, beaten with gun butt                                  D2: Sumintra & Ina Roberts shop    

D: Sumintra Roberts and her sister Ina, were attacked at their business home and beaten with gun butts.  




                                             




               E: Freddie Edwards' bus was "channa" bombed                                              F: Colin Fraser, cop, shot                             

E: Freddie Edwards' bus was"channa" bombed in one of the attacks on Indian homes, by anti-government protestors. 

F: Colin Fraser, a policeman who was shot three times as he responded to an attack on an Indian goldsmith's home in Berbice.  


                       

                        G1: Romel Khan                                                               G2: Fishermen doused with kerosene                        

G: Romel Khan is 1 of 5 fishermen who were robbed of outboard engines, their boats, and were doused with kerosene by bandits.

                                                                    
                           H1: Jagdai Singh, shot dead                                  H2: Humble home where Jagdai Singh was fatally shot    

H: Jagdai Singh, who died one week after being shot in the chest by bandit, as she tried to unmask him.


                             

        J1: Kalowatti Brijlall and her family who were attacked                 J2: Kalowatti Brijlall humble home .

J: Kalowatti Brijlall, 6-months pregnant, was beaten and stripped. Her 8-year-old daughter had a gun placed to her throat .
   Their humble home, J2, like the ones in
A2 & H2, reflects the poverty of these victims. NOT EVEN THE POOR IS SAFE!!!
                              

                                                                     
                              K1: Rahamat Ali, gunned down                      K2: Anticrime protest staged after Rahamat Ali was gunned down.

 K: Rahamat Ali. Popular young businessman gunned down in cold blood.  Second brother to be killed by armed bandits.


                                                                  
             
L: Peter Bassant, whose home was attacked by armed men.          M: The Barran family after a gruesome double murder       

 L: Peter Bassants' home was attacked by armed men, and millions stolen.

 M: The Barran family after suffering double murders of 10 year old Mervyn Barran, and Bemchand Barran.
      They were shot  execution style while catching shrimp.
                                                        

   

                                              

                          N:  G. Boyce, killed execution style                            OC: Gangadai, beaten and robbed by bandits      

  N: Gary Boyce was a watchman on duty when he was killed execution style

 O: Gangadai was beaten and robbed by bandits who entered via the windows. Her husband was chopped.

                                                                                             

                   P: Savitri Persaud, raped and murdered                              Q: Sgt Aldridge, policeman shot to death by bandit    

                                                                                                                       
P: Savitri Prasad, mother of 2 pre-teen girls and sole breadwinner, was chopped, raped, murdered, and dumped into a creek when     she went to the backdam to tend to her goats.

Q: Sgt. E Aldridge was shot to death by a bandit, who was being searched in a police station



                                              

                       R: Yang Qi Yang, chopped to death                                   S: D Singh, robbed of payroll 

R: Yang Qi Yang, was chopped to death when he investigated "mysterious" noise in the nearby yard of a friend

S: D Singh, was beaten and robbed of more than half million payroll money he uplifted from bank


                                                            

                         T: S Persaud, attacked at GCC                                                U: R Ramcharitar, stabbed to death

T: Savitri Persaud, after bandits attacked patrons at GCC Clubhouse

U: Ramlochan Ramcharitar, was stabbed to death



                           

                           V: Poorans' home, burned by arsonists                              W: Sgt. E Boyce, wounded in chase of gunman


 V: The remains of the Poorans' home, one of a number of Indian-owned premises gutted via anti-government arson.

 W: Sgt. E Boyce was wounded during the chase of an armed bandit.
 

                                                          

                    X: Sonia Jerrick, was shot by cop friend                               Y: S Kassim, gunned down by bandits

  X: Sonia Jerrick, was shot dead by a cop friend, for refusing to have sex with him.

Y: Shabudeen Kassim, of Vryheid Village, West Canje, Berbice, is shot down by bandits in his yard after he tried to summon help.
     He had just returned from the masjid with his 1 1/2 year old son.

                                                        

       Z1: Nizam Mohamed, robbed by gunmen          Z2: Suzie Nizam, who narrowly escaped being shot, points to bullet hole.      

 Z: Nizam Mohamed (and family) of De Williem, WCD, are robbed by gunmen who entered their home via the roof. The bandits       fired shots at his daughter, Suzie, when she tried to call the police on a cell phone.

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                 
               
                   
       Z3: Cache of weapons and house-breaking tools recovered by police                       

3Z: Cache of automatic weapons, wigs, masks, and other house-breaking implements recovered by the police, after shoot-out with      bandits.
    
    Many violent crimes have been committed by bandits using such sophisticated weapons as
machine guns and grenades.
                                                                                                                                                                              

 
   
 
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