| – suspect held with bloody clothesTwo carjackers slit a taxi driver’s throat, shortly after 22:00 hrs last night, after luring their victim to Bent Street, Wortmanville.Dead: Vibert AssanahVibert Assanah, a 56-year-old former policeman, of Melanie, East Coast Demerara, was apparently slain during a desperate struggle with his attackers.He collapsed outside his car and died shortly after.The killers fled the scene on foot, but one of the men, who was reportedly wounded in a struggle with Assanah,Air Max 90 Comprar Baratas, was arrested in Hadfield Street.The man, whose clothing was drenched with blood, was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) before being taken into police custody.Kaieteur News understands that the suspect, a 35-year-old resident of Alberttown, sustained a slight cut to his neck.According to a source,Tottenham t Shirt Sale, the suspect admitted that he was in Assanah’s car, but claimed that his accomplice killed the taxi driver.The victim’s eldest son, Ray Assanah, told Kaieteur News that his father worked only at night, owing to the extensive competition during the day. The son said that he had repeatedly expressed concern for his father’s safety.Waveney Assanah (right) could not control her emotions outside the Georgetown Hospital,Discount NFL Jerseys, while being consoled by her daughter. Mr. Assanah, who fathered four children, often worked outside the GPHC, and sources say that it was from there that he picked up the two carjackers.Some residents of Bent Street told Kaieteur News that they were standing on the roadside when they observed a car heading east down Bent Street at a fast rate of speed. One resident recalled that the driver was constantly revving the engine.They say that the vehicle, PKK 5285, suddenly stopped in Bent Street,Cheap NFL Jerseys, in the vicinity of Hardina Street.Two men then exited the car and sprinted further up the street, and one of them was overheard saying: “We shoudda shoot dat f——ing man.”Another man,Air Force 1 Australia Womens, later identified as Assanah, emerged from the driver’s side, the eyewitnesses said,Authentic NCAA Jerseys Cheap, clutching at his throat. He took one step and then collapsed on the roadside, lying there motionless.It is believed that he died shortly after.The residents said that they called the police, and ranks eventually arrived and took the body away.Kaieteur News understands that a knife,Cheap NFL Shop, believed to be the murder weapon, was found in the car, along with the victim’s cell phone. A toy gun was also reportedly found nearby.Ray Assanah told Kaieteur News that his father left home at around 19:30 hrs yesterday. According to the son, his father would usually work up to 01:00 hr the following day.The Assanah household first realised that something was amiss, at around 22:30 hrs, after Kaieteur News contacted Assanah’s wife, Waveney Assanah, by telephone without breaking the grim news to her.She then attempted to contact her husband on his cellular phone. Instead, she reached a GPHC staffer, who instructed her to come to the hospital. It was then that the family’s worst fears were confirmed.Meanwhile, the slain driver’s colleagues outside the Georgetown Hospital all but went into shock when they learnt of his death.In fact, those who were outside the main medical institution at the time Assanah’s body was brought in did not have the slightest clue that it was that of the man they had seen minutes earlier.And even when the name of the dead man was leaked, Assanah’s colleagues refused to believe what they had heard.“Dat man just lef hey!” said one taxi driver, who immediately quit working for the night. |
