Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels on Saturday disclosed that pri-soners at the Lusignan penitentiary attempted to kill two fellow inmates on Friday but were thwarted.
They managed to wound Aszim Shivgobin who was on remand in relation to the murder of Canadian citizen Nicholas Jaipaul. Shivgobin had to be hospitalized at the GPHC.
Samuels yesterday told Stabroek News that Shivgobin has since been discharged from the hospital and will visit for checkups.
In a statement on Saturday, Samuels said that at about 10.15 pm on Friday, Shivgobin who was housed in Holding Bay 2 was assaulted by two prisoners. He sustained lacerations to “all extremities and chest”. He was able to identify his attackers and other prisoners were also able to confirm their identities, the statement said.