Three
other residents were beaten and relieved of small
amounts of cash and jewellery.
Kaieteur News understands that the police were
ambushed when they responded to the report of the
attack.
There are reports that another body with gunshot
wounds was seen in the village of Buxton, but so
tense was the situation that police were reluctant
to venture into the village to confirm this.
Harichand Lall, a fisherman, said that the men came
from the direction of the seawall.
He told Kaieteur News that the men first went into a
house that was empty. They then moved to Parsram's
house and kicked down his door to gain entry.
Parsram began to scream for help, but no one
responded.
"He jump through de window and one ah de
bandits seh
'kill he kill he'".
The resident said that Parsram managed to run away
but was hotly pursued and caught.
"Dey
bring he back and just shoot he,"
the resident told this newspaper.
The bandits then went to Lall's house at lot 2, Sand
Reef, where they held him and his family up. They
were pistol whipped by the bandits who demanded cash
and jewellery.
Lall's wife Savitrie told this newspaper that
she had just retired to bed after she had finished
talking to a neighbour.
"I lie down and I hear a noise. When I look out
I see five men. Me tell me husband they look like
police. Dey go to another house where dey shoot de
boy,"
Savitrie Lall stated.
She said she heard Parsram calling for help but
could not render any assistance. After the gunmen
had executed Parsram, they barged their way into the
Lall's home.
"Dey lash me husband in he head and tell he,
'you is de businessman, you got de money'. He tell
dem he nah gat money,"Savitrie said she took
off her earrings and offered them to the men.
They demanded more cash and she ended up handing
over $5,000 more."When dey get de money, dey
lash me in me head and run away. I get so confused I
pick up me baby and run out de house. Is den I see
de man body lying down deh. I holler fuh me
husband," Savitrie Lall stated.
Their
son, 25-year-old Surujpaul was also beaten by the
bandits.
A police patrol arrived and offered to take the
injured only up to the Annandale main road.
They came under attack while returning to the
station. However, their injuries required no urgent
medical attention.Parsram is the second East Coast
resident shot dead by bandits in less than 48 hours.
Early Saturday morning, nine-year-old Christine
Sookra was murdered when bandits riddled her
family's house with bullets in a 20-minute terror
spree in Coldingen.
The second attack occurred a few hours after acting
Home Affairs Minister and a team of top government
officials had visited Coldingen.
