Man chopped while defending himself during armed robbery

Berbice : At about 9pm testerday,  Rawle De Mattos, 45 years, of Free Yard, Port Mourant, was about to enter his premises when he was held up by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun and the other with a cutlass.

 

Rawle De Mattos put up a resistance during which he was chopped to his head. He has been admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital.

 

The perpetrators took away a cell phone and $6,000.00 and escaped.

 

Investigations are in progress.