At least three America Street moneychangers were robbed last evening when they were ambushed by gunmen on motorbikes.
Eyewitnesses said the robbers, who used five motorbikes and a car to carry out the attack, pulled up at the intersection of Longden and America streets and fired shots into the air while demanding the moneychangers hand over everything. The men were reportedly armed with automatic weapons.
“Everything happen so fast. They say put up you hand, so I just put up my hand and hand over everything,” one victim said, while adding that he was just glad to still be alive.
“I just glad I get me life. All I could say is I glad I get me life,” the distraught man told Stabroek News.
He described how masked men on five CG motorbikes entered America Street, while the car was parked on the north-eastern section of the intersection
“About five CG motorbike pull up here with 10 man pon it. Was a lot of people and everybody get on mask and carrying machine gun,” he said.
When Stabroek News visited the scene, several police detectives were collecting evidence from the scene. Up to press time, they were still gathering information. It is not yet known how many persons were robbed or how much was lost.
A senior police source told Stabroek News that so far three individuals have identified themselves as victims of the robbery. One victim who spoke with Stabroek News said that he was robbed of about $1.5M.
