A member of the gang which attacked several young men at Greenfield, East Coast Demerara last Saturday night, will be appearing in court today according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.
Speaking to Stabroek News about the incident which left eight young men traumatized and three severely injured, Persaud said that charges will be laid against three suspects but only one is in police custody. He said that that person would be making his first court appearance in an East Coast Demerara Court.
Reports from the area are that the gang attacked the young men with cutlasses, steel rods and other implements.
Terrified residents had told this newspaper that this is not the first time that the gang has been involved in such attacks and according to them the two ringleaders, who are brothers, have been involved in similar incidents before but were not charged.
They said that one incident saw the two brothers being held for several days after they beat a man and fractured his skull but they were eventually released without charge.
During Saturday’s incident Charles Crawford, 16, was severely beaten and sustained several chops to the head. He was also stabbed with an ice pick and beaten about the body with steel rods. He was also broadsided with a cutlass.
Arif Samad, 18, of Dochfour, ECD, was unable to walk after being badly beaten about his feet and legs with steel rods. He also sustained cuts to his nose and back and was beaten about the body.
Jerren Dyal of Mahaicony was stabbed with an ice pick to his ribs and shoulder while Alex Inderaj, 20, was lashed to his head and hands with steel rods before he escaped into the mangroves over the Ann’s Grove seawall.
