The police are investigating the murders of Mohamed Kalameeden Nasir, a 30-year-old carpenter of Lot 1, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and Arvinda Roopram, a 25-year-old construction worker of Lot 52 Stewartville, WCD, which occurred at about 2.50 am today in the vicinity of the District Club located at Leonora.
The police say that enquiries disclosed that at about 2.50 am, Nasir, Roopram and the two suspects had a scuffle that ensued from a heated argument. Roopram sustained several stab wounds on his body, and Nasir suffered one stab wound to his upper abdomen.
The two suspects, Alex Amsterdam, called ‘Mario’, a 28-year-old security guard, suffered one stab wound to his upper abdomen, while the second suspect, Terry (only name given), escaped from the scene.
Nasir and Roopram were escorted to the Leonora Cottage Hospital by ranks of the Anti-Crime Patrol, where they were examined by a doctor on duty and pronounced dead on arrival. Amsterdam was escorted to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was seen and examined by a doctor on duty and later transferred to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he is a patient under police guard. His condition is critical.
The scene was processed and a black-handle ‘Rambo’ knife was recovered. Several persons were questioned and useful information received as investigations continue.
