Restaurant owner killed in home invasion; wife beaten
[www.inewsguyana.com] – A businessman is now dead and his wife hospitalized after they were beaten and robbed sometime between last evening and early Friday morning.
While details about the robbery/murder are still sketchy at this time, iNews understands that the couple owns the popular Black Chine Restaurant on Mandela Avenue and they were attacked and beaten mercilessly in the presence of their children, ages 3 and 5, who looked on helplessly.
While the names of the victims are not immediately known, iNews understands that they go by the surname “Su.”
The traumatized woman told police that she was knocked unconscious and remained in that state for more than an hour by the armed men. Upon regaining consciousness, she found that her husband was nowhere in the house.
She subsequently found him in the storeroom, covered by a number of rice bags and discovered that his hands and feet were bound with tape while cloth was stuffed in his mouth and that too was taped up to prevent the cloth from coming out.
The man was already dead when the wife found him; she telephoned the police, who responded within five minutes and they immediately launched their investigation, while escorting the woman to the hospital to seek medical attention.
According to police sources, the businessman was apparently badly beaten as a number of lacerations were found on his face, head and other parts of the body.
