A month after being doused with a flammable substance and set alight by her husband, Wakenaam resident Sattie Looknauth has succumbed to her injuries.
According to her brother, Kenny Looknauth, his sister passed away on Monday at around 6.50 am at the Georgetown Public Hospital Burn Care Unit, where she was a patient.
Sattie, 43, a mother of four and a farmer of Friendship, Wakenaam, Essequibo River, had been hospitalised since the attack, which occurred on the afternoon of January 18th. Her reputed husband, Rabindranauth Harrinarine, known as ‘Fineman,’ 66, took his own life minutes after he lit Looknauth on fire following a domestic dispute.
Stabroek News was told than 60 per cent of the woman’s body suffered was burnt, including 33 per cent of her upper body, where she suffered third-degree burns.
She will be cremated on Sunday at 1 pm at the Sans Souci Crematorium site, which is also located on the island. Kenny explained that his sister was in a “very abusive relationship” and despite every attempt to remove herself from the situation, she was unable to do so.
At around 5.05 pm on January 18th, Harrinarine and the woman had an argument, which saw him leave and return with a bottle filled with a substance, suspected to be gasoline oil.
Harrinarine reportedly doused his wife with the substance and lit her afire with a lighter and immediately fled the scene.
The couple’s 15-year-old daughter, who was at home at the time, responded to her mother’s cry for help and immediately sought assistance. After the fire was put out, the woman was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
The police were also summoned to scene and upon their arrival launched a search for Harrinarine, who was found dead in a clump of bushes where he had hunged himself.
