Armed bandits invade Rosignol restaurant

Lianggen Su

A couple was on Thursday night robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash, jewellery and electronic devices by armed bandits who invaded their restaurant, shut it down and demanded their valuables.

According Lianggen Su and Su-Yang Kuan Qing, proprietors of Chung Lee Chinese Restaurant, at Rosignol, West Coast Berbice, at around 22:15 hrs, six men entered the premises and brutally assaulted them as they demanded cash. Lianggen Su said the men were heavily armed with guns, cutlasses and knives. They were dressed in black.

He said one bandit pounced on him first in the shop and gun butted him. As he screamed, the proprietor said, the others ran in. “They… lock up the glass and metal doors… We were still open for