Two murdered
Kaieteur News pressmen cremated
By
Michele Outridge
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Dead:
Shazeem Mohamed.
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Two of
the four Kaieteur News pressmen who were brutally executed Tuesday night
at its printery at the Industrial Site, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, were
cremated yesterday afternoon.
Mark
Maikoo, called “Marko”, 22, of 5 Yarrow Dam was cremated at the Good
Hope Crematorium, East Coast Demerara shortly after 13:00 h with his
family members and relatives wailing loudly as they stood by and watched.
And,
Chetram Persaud, called “Boyo’, 46, of 76 CC Eccles, East Bank
Demerara, was cremated at the Ruimzeight foreshore.
A
large throng of mourners gathered to pay their last respects, goodbyes
including his colleagues, and other Kaieteur News employees, family
members and relatives.
The
funerals were very emotional as many cried openly for the men whom they
worked with and knew well.
Family
members collapsed several times during the ceremony.
Meanwhile,
the fifth pressman who was shot in the head at point blank range at the
printery died yesterday morning.
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The
body of Chetram Persaud shortly before he was cremated amongst a
large crowd of mourners at Ruimzeight Foreshore, West Coast
Demerara.
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Shazeem
Mohamed 29, of 267 BB Eccles, East Bank Demerara who was
hospitalised in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital
succumbed without regaining consciousness.
His
wife, who arrived in Guyana Saturday night, was yesterday too distraught
to speak.
She
visited him yesterday morning and when she returned home she received a
telephone call and learnt of his death.
The
bullet was lodged in his head and he was on a life support system for
several days.
Relatives
said he only started working with Kaieteur News about three months ago and
got married a year ago.
In
the attack at the printery Tuesday night, security guard Julian De Grace,
66, was also shot, but not fatally.
The
men killed are Chetram Persaud, Mark Maikoo, Eion Wegman, 47, of 51 Fourth
Street, Alberttown; and Richard Stewart, 24, of 239 Lamaha Park East La
Penitence.
The
fifth man killed is Wordsworth Grey, 32, of 31 Norton Street, Bagotstown.
He was also shot dead shortly before gunmen invaded the Kaieteur News
printery.
Meanwhile,
Richard Stewart will be buried today at the Le Repentir Cemetery, and Eion
Wegman will be buried tomorrow..
Monday,
August 14, 2006
