Berbice market vendors robbed, beaten and chopped – one arrested after shootout with police

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Berbice : At about 3:45 a.m yesterday, two men armed with a cutlass and a firearm entered the home of vendors Abdool Kadir, 47 years, and his wife Neeranie Kadir, 46 years, at No. 2 Village, West Coast Berbice, as they were preparing for market, and held them up. The perpetrators took away an undisclosed sum of money and a quantity of jewellery and escaped.

 

During the robbery both victims received chops to their bodies. Abdool Kadir was treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital, while Neeranie Kadir has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

 

The police responded to the report received and during investigations came under fire from a group of men along the No. 2 Village Public Road and the ranks returned fire. One man has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.