-no arrests as yet
Stacey Chandra, the 13-year-old who sustained serious stab wounds following a knife attack on Sunday evening, is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she is listed as being in a stable condition.
Debbie Chandra, the child’s mother, told Stabroek News that there has since been no further development into the matter. The older Chandra explained that statements were taken from her daughter but added that no arrests have been made.
Meanwhile, commenting on her daughter’s medical condition, Debbie said that the child has to have an ultrasound done at a private hospital before her discharge can be considered. This, the mother however noted, would be done sometime later this month when she would have acquired the money needed for it.
According to Debbie, the mother of the perpetrators has kept her children in hiding, which she said may be the reason why no one has been taken into custody.
Chandra, a student of Queenstown Community High School and a resident of Tiger Bay, was involved in an altercation with a boy. He subsequently went to fetch an older brother and sister, who confronted Chandra, the brother pulling a large pen knife and passing it on to the sister for her to attack Chandra.
On the night of the incident, the injured Chandra told her mother from her hospital bed that the girl rushed her so quickly she had no time to think. She was stabbed three times: in the neck, in the shoulder and in the rib.
Chandra was on her way home after plying her regular trade as a plastic bag vendor at the Stabroek Market. She would sell after school to assist with her school-related expenses. According to reports reaching this newspaper, after the attack, Chandra’s attackers stood calmly and watched as she was transported to the hospital. A man, who was with Chandra at the time, also received minor injuries during the attack when he attempted to intervene.
The attackers are said to be in their late teens and/or early twenties are known to Chandra.
