Two brothers died yesterday in a bloody confrontation with a miner at St Lawrence, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
In a statement last night, the police said they are investigating the deaths of Marvin Joseph, a 17-year-old labourer and his brother Ellis Joseph, a 30-year-old labourer — both of whom resided at Parika Facade, EBE.
The killings occurred at about 3 pm yesterday at Lot 4’A’ St. Lawrence, EBE, which is occupied by Annette Miguel, a 51-year-old housewife and her family.
Investigations thus far have revealed that at about 3 pm yesterday, Ryan Fredericks, a 25-year-old miner from Pomeroon, who is the nephew of Miguel, disembarked a minibus and headed towards his aunt’s house. As he was walking in the yard where his aunt lives, he saw the two brothers passing on a motor canter, heading in a northern direction.
The brothers disembarked the canter, armed with cutlasses and rushed towards Fredericks.
“The brothers started to chop Fredericks about his body. He then ran into the yard toward the house with the men pursuing him. However, he jumped through a glass louvres window at the lower flat of the house in a bid to escape. It was suspected that during the confrontation, the two deceased (brothers) chopped each other along with Fredericks, who also collapsed in the house”, the police said.
Marvin Joseph ran out of the yard and collapsed on the wooden bridge, where he became unconscious while his brother Ellis Joseph was seen bleeding. He was picked up by a passerby and rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where he died while receiving medical attention.
Fredericks was also picked up by Police ranks and rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital to seek medical attention with one incised chop wound to the right side of his back and other small cuts about his body. His condition is listed as serious.
The body of Marvin Joseph was examined and one incised wound was seen on his abdomen. Two incised wounds were seen on the abdomen of Ellis Joseph.
Both bodies were taken to the Ezekiel Funeral home for storage, awaiting Post-Mortem Examinations.
