Venezuelan men arrested for attacking and stabbing police – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 November 2024, 22:58. Denis Chabrol

Four Venezuelan men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing and attacking a Guyanese police officer after he intervened in a violent argument between two women, one of whom was speaking Spanish.

The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Sunday in Cornhill Street, Georgetown, a short distance from Stabroek Market.

While on Cornhill Street, he observed a Spanish-speaking woman with a broken bottle in her hand arguing with another woman. As a result, he approached the Spanish-speaking woman with a broken bottle in her hand, identified himself as a plainclothes police officer, and asked her to drop the broken bottle. While doing so, four suspects, one of whom was armed with a knife, approached the officer from behind and attacked him with several knives on his body, causing injuries, the Guyana Police Force said.

It was reported that the condition of the police officer affiliated with the Criminal Investigation Department, who was on duty at Brickdam Police Station, was stable.

The police officer said that several people stabbed him and he had to fire several shots from the people assigned to him. .38 pistol with six bullets. ““The victim then drew his regular gun, fired four shots into the air, and the suspects fled,” he said.