–in grisly Bonasika Creek attack
A man was killed and his girlfriend seriously injured after they were savagely attacked by her cutlass-wielding ex-lover, who severed both of their left hands on Thursday afternoon at Bonasika Creek, Essequibo.
Dead is Richard (only name given), 22, said to be a seaman of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. His girlfriend, Joy Mayers, 27, who had her left hand severed in the attack, is now a patient in the Female Surgical Unit