Police are investigating the death of a 72-year-old Edingburgh Village, East Bank Berbice man, who is suspected of having taken his own life on Thursday.
Alimoon Narainedatt is believed to have shot himself with his licensed shotgun at his home, where his body was found by his wife.
According to the Guyana Police Force, at 1.40 pm on Thursday, the man’s wife heard a loud explosion and found her husband lying in a doorway in a crouching position and in a pool of blood.
Police, who were summoned, later found the man’s licenced semi-automatic single-barrel shotgun under one of his hands.
If you or someone you know are having thoughts of committing suicide, you can seek help from the Inter-Agency Suicide Prevention Helpline through the following means:
Telephone: 223-0818, 223-0009, 223-0001, 600-7896 or 623-4444
Email: guyagency@yahoo.com
Facebook: Guyana Inter-agency Suicide Prevention Helpline
WhatsApp: 600-7896 or 623-4444
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