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Fire razes Gafoor’s Houston Complex
October 11, 2016 By admin
The Gafoor’s Houston Complex was engulfed in flames on Monday night, leaving some 80 employees jobless.
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AK-47 brandishing bandits rob Chinese restaurant
October 11, 2016 By admin
A Chinese restaurant at Portuguese Quarters, Port Mourant in the Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was on Sunday evening robbed by bandits carrying an AK-47 assault rifle.
However, Divisional Commander Kevin Adonis told this publication that it was not a robbery, while a senior officer attached to the Criminal Investigation Department said that the matter was not reported.
Sangeeta Lall, who works at the Lai Li Chinese Restaurant, said the men took her cellular phone and money from the restaurant before leaving. One eyewitness related that two men entered the restaurant carrying a gun. Other reports indicate that it was an AK-47 and one shot was fired.
According to reports, shortly after 20:00h on Sunday, the attack was carried out by two unmasked men who were seen in the vicinity of the restaurant hours before the attack. At the time the proprietor, two staff, and a customer were in the restaurant.
According to reports when the two men entered the restaurant, a man who was waiting on one of the restaurant staffers immediately reported to patrons at a bar nearby that there was a robbery. More than a dozen men rushed over to the restaurant where the two men were confronted.
This led to a standoff which lasted a few seconds, then one of the bandits reportedly raised his firearm, which caused the mob to back off, allowing the bandits to exit. The bandits had been attempting to gain access to the back of the building where the proprietor and staff had fled in their bid to escape when the mob of men arrived.
After the bandits cautiously walked out of the restaurant, facing on the group of public-spirited citizens, they crossed the road and then discharged one shot into the air before running through a street opposite the restaurant.
No one followed them.
Three off-duty Police Officers and several ex-military men were among the first on the scene, and they confirmed that the men were carrying an AK-47.
Meanwhile, there are reports that the bandits were seen in the community several times within the past two weeks. It is believed that their target was a nearby supermarket.
Both men are known to the community. On two occasions during the past week, one businessman asked them to leave the area after they had spent more than half an hour in front of a nearby shop. They also visited Lai Li Chinese Restaurant on three occasions and bought food.
People in the community claim the bandits are from Albion.
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