Results of the post-mortem examination performed on the remains of Abdool Hassim of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo proved that he died as a result of six stab wounds to neck.
Hassim, a taxi driver was attacked on a lonely street around 11 pm on Friday while reportedly transporting two males who hired him from the car park at the head of the scheme.
He would be laid to rest today at his hometown, Aurora, Essequibo Coast after stopping for a short viewing at the home he shared with Mala Mohabir, his reputed wife of six years.
Reports are that his attackers took away his cash and cell phone after stabbing him to the neck and hitting him to the back of his head.
Hassim managed to escape the robbers and ran into another street for help. He collapsed in front of a home on Sheriff Street, Tuschen and shouted for help. However, the occupants of the house did not come out to help to him and he died at the side of the road.
A few minutes later, a resident who was returning home saw him lying on the road and when he checked him he was barely breathing. He was still clutching his car key. The man said he immediately called the police outpost in the neighbourhood and when they arrived the lifeless man was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital. There were bloodstains on the driver’s seat of the white Nissan Sunny car and it appeared as though one of the assailants was sitting in the front seat.