By: Travis Chase | HGP Nightly News |
The Guyana Police Force is continuing its search for two men believed to be responsible for the fatal stabbing of a 48-year-old Cuban national during a robbery on Saturday afternoon along Middle Road, La Penitence.
The victim, Ariel Betancourt Ramírez, was reportedly on his way to pick up his reputed wife from work when residents discovered him lying motionless on the roadway around 2 p.m. An alarm was raised immediately.
A resident who requested anonymity told Nightly News that the attack appeared sudden and deliberate, leaving the community shaken.
Police confirmed that Ramírez sustained two stab wounds—one to the chest and another to the left side of his chest—and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Crime scene investigators later recovered a blood-stained knife from a nearby drain, believed to be the murder weapon.
According to police, CCTV footage from the National Command Centre captured two male suspects, both of African descent, riding past the victim on bicycles before circling back. Moments later, the men were seen fleeing west, with one discarding the knife.
The suspects remain at large as investigators canvass the area for additional CCTV footage and eyewitnesses.
Ramírez’s body is currently at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home as investigations continue.
