Hours after he celebrated his birthday, a miner was early yesterday morning set afire by another, who found him sleeping in his Wenamu Backdam, Cuyuni River camp, and accused him of having a relationship with his wife.
According to a police press release, Valon Evans called ‘Doug’, 32, from the Essequibo Coast is now in a stable condition at the Wenamu Health Post which he visited after being set ablaze.
The release said that the suspect in the case is a Venezuelan known as ‘Manuel’. The incident occurred at around 4 am yesterday.