The four surviving victims of Thursday’s Bat Creek, Upper Pomeroon River attack, which left two persons including a young child dead, remain hospitalised.
Contacted for an update yesterday, Police Commander of Region Two Crystal Robinson told Sunday Stabroek that the victims, Adona Williams, 23, Jonie Williams, 22 and two children, who are six years and one year, have been given a 50/50 chance of survival.
One of the Williams sisters is pregnant. They have both since undergone emergency surgery.
The victims, who are all admitted at the Suddie Hospital, were attacked by a teenage minor.
The attack, which occurred around 3pm, claimed the lives of Ramdat Singh, 53, called “Shami”, and Kissoon Williams, 3, both of Bat Creek, Upper Pomeroon River.
The police, in a press release, had said that Singh was attacked and stabbed after which he fell on the ground. The suspect then allegedly turned his attention to the Williams sisters and the three children, leaving them all wounded. He later made good his escape.
The victims were all placed in a boat and taken to the Charity Hospital, where Singh was pronounced dead. The others were subsequently transferred to the Suddie Hospital, where Kissoon Williams later succumbed while in Intensive Care.
The suspect was arrested on Friday afternoon. Following his arrest, it was observed that he had wounds which he admitted were self-inflicted. He was taken to the Charity Hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and discharged.
The suspect, according to Robinson, remains tightlipped about the attack. The motive is unknown.
