An 18-year-old University of Guyana student is currently on life-support at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, East Coast of Demerara (ECD) after sustaining wounds to his neck and eyes, and a head injury during a robbery.
The incident occurred on Sunday night outside of Ricky Boy Bar & Restaurant located on the Railway Embankment Road at Success, ECD.
The student’s sister, Alexandra Jerry, of Railway Line, Better Hope, ECD, recalled that her brother, Anil Jerry of 6th Street Cummings Lodge, ECD, told her at the hospital that he went to the Ricky Boy Bar & Restaurant with friends around 9pm on Sunday to ‘lime’. While sitting outside the bar, several men who wore masks, snatched one of her brother’s friends’ phone and he fell to the ground in the process. He (Anil) saw what happened, intervened to help his friend and one of the bandits hit him in the head with a gun and stabbed him in the neck, causing him to fall to the ground.
Anil’s female friend, who witnessed the attack, told Alexandra that when her brother fell to the ground, they heard the sound of gunshots. The men then pointed the gun at everyone who was outside the bar at the time. The gunmen then escaped and everyone tried to run into the compound of the restaurant but the workers had already closed the gates to the premises. When her brother regained consciousness, he asked his friends to take him home but they ended up taking him to the Georgetown Public Hospital because he was bleeding profusely.
Alexandra said while she was at the hospital, she was told by friends that when her brother arrived there he didn’t get the care he needed and when he was admitted, he underwent surgery to stop the bleeding in his neck and eyes, and swelling to his head. She explained that since the surgery, her brother has not opened his eyes and the family was told by doctors that her brother is brain dead. They also informed that they were leaving him on life support, and he has no chance of recovering. She said he is currently at the Infectious Diseases Hospital as he was transferred there during this week.
Meanwhile, when a request was made to the bar by the CID for the CCTV camera footage, they were told the camera is not working. They also visited the house opposite the bar to retrieve their CCTV footage but so far were unsuccessful. The victim’s family stated that they are yet to receive an update from CID.
According to Alexandra, her brother was a Valedictorian back home in Jawalla Village – Upper Mazaruni in Region Seven, where he attended the D C Caesar Fox Secondary in 2021 and was awarded a scholarship to continue his studies in the USA. (Subhana Shiwmangal)
