(Trinidad Express) An elderly woman was knifed to death in the bedroom of her home during an attack in Sangre Grande shortly after midnight.
Kowsil Ramkhelawan, 71, died at the scene.
Police were told that at around 11.30p.m. a female relative heard voices coming from Ramkhelawan’s bedroom.
The woman was heard pleading, saying she would not do it again.
The relative opened the door to find a man, face hidden by a mask and hoodie, stabbing the woman in the neck and face.
The man fled and the relative called police.
When officers arrived at the house at Mandillon Road, Coalmine, the woman was already dead.
The woman was found by her 15-year-old granddaughter.
According to initial reports, at about 12.30am today the girl was in the bathroom of her home a when she heard a commotion.
She then heard her grandmother calling out, and saying that she would ‘never do it again’.
The teenager came outside and observed a man with a mask over his face, and a hoodie on, standing next to her grandmother.
The woman was lying on the ground of the bedroom in a pool of blood.
The man, on seeing the teenager, then fled the scene.
The teenager immediately notified the police and paramedics.
A team of officers from the Eastern Division Task Force, the Emergency Response Patrol, the Sangre Grande police station, under the supervision of Snr Sup Aguilal, responded.
However, the victim succumbed to her injuries.