URGENT-GUYANA-CRIME-Gumen kill 12, including three policemen

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Twelve people, including three lawmen were gunned down Sunday night in the small mining village of Bartica, about 80 miles southwest of here.

 

The 12 were murdered during a one-hour assault, which has forced the Bharrat Jagdeo administration to postpone Monday’s reading of the national budget.

 

In recent weeks crime has spiraled out of control in this Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

 

Only three weeks ago a gang of about 25 men launched an attack at Lusignan, a community in East Coast Demerara, where they killed 11 people including five children. 

 

 

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