Bridgemohan
told
Stabroek
News
(SN)
they
had
gone
to
Skeldon
to
purchase
food
from
a
restaurant
and
were
returning
to
the
Molsen
Creek
Ferry
Stelling
when
the
incident
occured.
"All
we
see
is
about
12
gunmen
deh
on
both
sides
of
the
road
and
they
start
shooting
up
the
truck.
But
me
continue
driving
to
the
stelling."
He
said
the
woman's
head
fell
back
and
she
was
left
in
that
position
and
appeared
to
be
dead.
The
men
said
they
did
not
know
the
woman
but
they
met
her
at
the
restaurant
when
they
went
to
buy
food
and
she
asked
them
for
a
"drop"
to
the
stelling.
Narine
was
shot
in
his
left
leg
and
he
was
treated
at
the
Skeldon
Hospital
and
sent
away
while
the
other
three
are
patients
at
the
New
Amster-dam
Hospital.
Ghanie,
the
watchman
told
SN
he
heard
"a
van
stop
and
gun
start
fire
and
me
fire
back
about
three
loads."
He
said
about
10
to
12
gunmen
surrounded
the
yard
and
then
a
few
went
upstairs
while
the
others
remained
downstairs
and
continued
firing.
He
said
he
was
hiding
behind
a
vehicle
in
the
yard
when
the
bullet
hit
him
in
his
jaw
-where
it
is
still
lodged
-
and
he
fell
to
the
ground.
The
gunmen
seemed
determined
to
find
Narine
who
remained
in
hiding
in
a
room
in
the
house
with
his
wife,
Sharmilla
and
two
children,
ages
13
and
eight-years.
The
gunmen
spent
close
to
two
hours
firing
rapidly
and
ransacking
the
entire
house.
After
their
efforts
were
unsuccessful
they
decided
to
destroy
everything
in
the
house
and
shot
at
the
television
set,
water
tanks
and
at
a
Lexus
and
four
other
vehicles
belonging
to
Narine.
They
also
set
the
house
alight
before
escaping
in
a
waiting
speedboat
close
to
a
sawmill
behind
the
house.
They
tied
up
a
fisherman,
Ramnauth,
who
was
close
to
the
sawmill
before
leaving.
The
men
gained
entry
to
the
house
by
ripping
open
the
grill
on
a
window.
They
attempted
to
shoot
down
the
steel
door
but
it
would
not
budge.
They
had
cut
a
barbed
wire
on
the
concrete
fence
and
jumped
into
the
yard.
`Shoot
dem'
Narine
told
Stabroek
News
he
heard
the
men
saying
"leh
we
find
dem
and
shoot
dem.
We
ain't
going
till
we
nah
find
them.
Shoot
the
ceiling
and
see
if
dem
in
there."
They
then
lit
a
fire
in
two
sections
of
the
house
after
spraying
the
area
with
Baygon.
They
reportedly
tried
to
use
the
cooking
gas
to
start
the
fire
but
that
effort
failed.
After
the
gunmen
left,
Narine's
father,
Hareshnarine
`Chinee'
Sugrim,
proprietor
of
Sugrim
Industries,
who
lives
obliquely
opposite,
and
neighbours
ran
over
and
put
the
fire
out.
Sugrim
collapsed
after
he
did
not
see
his
son
and
family.
They
finally
emerged
from
their
hiding
place
about
15
minutes
after
the
gunmen
fled.
Still
shaken
by
the
incident,
Sugrim
told
this
newspaper,
"Guyana
is
no
place
to
stay
because
there
is
no
protection.
I
would
definitely
close
my
business
down
and
migrate."
Further,
he
is
offering
a
reward
of
$5M
to
anyone
who
can
provide
him
with
information
about
the
shooting.
The
man
said
he
was
about
to
open
the
door
when
a
gunman
fired
a
shot
in
his
direction
and
told
him,
"Ow
Chinee
come
out
your
(expletive)
and
save
your
son
now."
Narine's
aunt,
Pamela
said
she
heard
the
loud
shots
and
thought
her
neighbours
who
were
"sporting"
were
lighting
firecrackers.
But
after
it
continued
she
checked
it
out
and
noticed
two
men
in
front
of
her
nephew's
house
and
three
under
the
house
firing
rapidly.
A
resident
said
he
saw
one
of
the
bandits
pumping
bullets
non-stop
at
the
house
while
talking
on
a
radio
set.
Hemnauth
whose
house
is
situated
behind
Narine's
said
some
of
the
bullets
entered
his
building.
He
said
his
wife
Kamal
heard
the
rapid
gunfire
and
she
called
out
to
him.
He
proceeded
to
wake
his
daughter
and
they
hid
in
a
corner
of
the
house.
"We
couldn't
hear
anything
else
only
bullets.
But
we
look
out
to
see
where
it
was
coming
from,
we
just
keep
quiet."
A
police
statement
yesterday
said
that
four
of
the
bandits
entered
the
house
by
cutting
through
the
grill
work
on
the
window.
They
ransacked
the
home
and
took
away
jewellery
and
$300,000.
"During
this,
they
discharged
rounds
indiscriminately
around
the
house,
resulting
in
Shamnarine
Narine
being
hit
above
his
right
knee
by
a
bullet
that
went
through
the
wall.
The
bandits
also
lit
small
fires
in
the
hall
and
kitchen
of
the
house
using
the
curtains".
The
statement
also
added
that
as
the
bandits
were
leaving
they
saw
watchman
Ghanie
and
fired
rounds
at
him,
one
of
which
grazed
his
head.
The
police
said
they
recovered
a
.38
revolver
along
with
187
empty
shells
of
various
calibre,
one
16-gauge
cartridge,
three
sledgehammers
and
a
claw
bar.
Recent
months
have
seen
an
upsurge
in
crime
in
all
parts
of
the
country
with
many
attacks
featuring
guns.
Last
night,
Campbell's
mother
Judith
Mc
Donald
told
Stabroek
News
that
her
daughter
left
to
go
to
the
beach
and
then
to
Coney
Island
and
Reno.
Campbell
also
leaves
to
mourn
her
three
children
Leroy,
Tiffany
and
Fiona
and
her
sister
Gwendlyn.
(Additional
reporting
by
Adrian
Smith)
