Police
are
currently
combing
the
Bartica
area
for
two
men
who
were
involved
in
the
stabbing
of
a
23-year-old
businesswoman
yesterday.
The
woman,
Michelle
Singh,
is
now
at
the
Georgetown
Public
Hospital
Corporation
(GPHC),
receiving
treatment.
Singh
of
Lot
44,
Fifth
Avenue,
Bartica
was
stabbed
to
her
abdomen
by
a
man
around
01:00
hrs
at
a
liquor
shop
which
she
operates.
Tacoorden,
at
the
GPHC,
waiting
anxiously
for
word
from
the
doctor
about
his
daughter’s
condition
Reports
are
that
Singh
heard
a
noise
and
was
“peeping
at
her
door”
when
a
man
who
had
earlier
posed
as
a
customer
in
her
liquor
shop,
appeared
in
front
of
her
and
plunged
the
knife
into
her
abdomen.
The
woman’s
father
Tacoorden
believes
that
the
man
attacked
Singh
in
retaliation
to
an
earlier
altercation
he
had
with
her
husband.
According
to
Tacoorden,
three
men
were
drinking
alcohol
at
Singh’s
Liquor
shop
earlier
on
Wednesday
night
and
were
stuck
on
three
girls
who
were
serving
drinks
at
the
location.
He
said
that
the
men
got
“a
little
too
drunk”
and
tried
to
“attack”
the
girls.
The
man
told
this
newspaper
that
Singh’s
husband
saw
what
was
happening
and
rendered
assistance
to
the
girls,
angering
one
of
the
men
in
the
process.
Singh
who
heard
the
commotion
peered
through
her
door
and
was
stabbed
by
one
of
the
men
who
subsequently
escaped
with
his
friends.
The
woman
was
rushed
to
the
Bartica
Hospital
but
had
to
be
transferred
to
the
GPHC
because
of
the
severity
of
her
wounds.
Police
investigations
are
continuing.
Friday,
March
16,
2012
