A Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara family was held at gunpoint by bandits and robbed of more than $1 million in cash, jewellery, gadgets and food items early Friday morning.
Shanti Luckram of Lot 77 Third Street, Little Diamond, told Stabroek News that she was resting in her living room at approximately 02:10 hrs, when she heard a knocking sound outside twice, but dismissed it and fell into a deep sleep. She then felt something hit her head and someone “hold me mouth telling me not to scream.” At first she thought it was her husband, who had been lying beside her in the living room.
However she opened her eyes and was confronted by an armed masked bandit,