Berbice man stabbed wife, her brother and a friend- burn down the house before hanging himself

Berbice : At about 9pm yesterday, cane harvester Nandlall Ragnauth, 48 years, of Krotheraadt, East Bank Berbice, went to the home of his reputed wife’s mother at No. 7 Village, West Coast Berbice, where he broke into the home and attacked his reputed wife Hushmanie Rasheed with a knife.

24 year old Hushmanie Rasheed, her brother Devanand Tuldas, 21 years, and a friend Bharat Narine, 34 years, of No. 2 Village, WCB, were stabbed to their bodies during the incident.

Nandlall Ragnauth then set the house on fire, which was destroyed, and hung himself from a tree on the premises. The body is at the Fort Wellington Hospital Mortuary.

Hushmanie Rasheed and Bharat Narine were treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital, while Devanand Tuldas has been admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital.