The money was being saved to build a house, relatives
said.
Relatives yesterday said that family members from
overseas in Guyana for a wedding which took place Sunday, were
in the house at Lot 24 (opposite the one that was robbed).
They said they were all on the verandah and completely unaware
of what was happening.
The boys said the men wore black clothes and carried
big guns.
The gunmen also helped themselves to servings of
leftover cake, drink and candies during the 15-minute robbery,
family members said.
"When we woke up the next morning, candy and cake was
all through the house and in the yard", one
said.
Canadian-based Guyanese Rena Persaud who was the bride
on Sunday, related that the men moved through the house,
cursing and just grabbing anything they could find, including
passports for family members which are still
missing.
The men then fled the area on two bicycles they stole
from a neighbour the same night.
Another family, in Levans Street in the village, said
they also suffered at the hands of bandits on Monday
night.
Farmer Fazil Ibrahim said he and his wife Bibi Khan
awoke around 01:30 hrs to the sound of the lock on their
chicken pen being broken.
Ibrahim said that by the time he armed himself with a
cutlass and went downstairs, the men had already left and he
only saw his gate swinging. However, the men removed a bicycle
and six roles of wire mesh from the yard.
He said the mesh would have been used to extend his
chicken pen.
The couple lamented that they are trying to make an
honest living and are being attacked by bandits
