Georgetown : The bodies of three male Guyanese and also a wounded resident of Supenaam Creek Head Mission, Essequibo River, were brought from a mining camp in Venezuela and taken to the Port Kaituma, Nort West District. about 6:25 a.m. today by co-workers.
The injured was identified as Joel Paton 22yrs. He is in a serious but stable condition at a medical institution, nursing several suspected gunshot wounds about his body.
Those dead were identified as Vernon Eudoxie, about 55 yrs.; Cologne Solomon, 23 yrs. both of Fitzburg, Port Kaituma and Samuel Moses, 19yrs. of Four Miles Oronoque, Port Kaituma. The bodies which bore multiple suspected gunshot wounds are at the Port Kaituma Hospital Mortuary awaiting post-mortem examinations.
Information revealed that the injured victim and the now deceased were part of a team employed by a Brazilian Miner, operating a land dredge at Imataka Mining Backdam, Venezuela, approximately three miles from the Guyana border. Yesterday the camp was allegedly attacked by four armed men, with foreign accent who began shooting indiscriminately, resulting in the death of the three, whilst the injured Joel Paton and several other co-workers fled into the bushes.
