PME: Barakat Landing victim died from stabs to heart, lungs

A post-mortem examination was conducted on the body of 27-year-old Matthew Ramlochand found that he was stabbed to the heart and lungs.

Ramlochand, a Pork-Knocker of the Soesdyke–Linden Highway, died on January 11, following a stabbing incident at Barakat Landing, Cuyuni River.

The examination was performed by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home on January 14. He gave the cause of death as perforation to the heart and lungs due to two incised wounds.

The body was subsequently handed over to relatives for burial.

Following the incident, a 38-year-old male gold miner of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden was arrested along with two Venezuelan nationals—both females, aged 37 and 27.

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