Last Updated on Sunday, 2 November 2025, 22:19 by Writer
A Brazilian gold miner has been stabbed to death by a fellow Brazilian miner at Sandhill Landing, Cuyuni River in Regional Police Division #7, the Guyana Police Force said Sunday.
The incident occurred at about 1:45 on Sunday morning, resulting in the death of 34-year-old Francis Diago Alivera.
“An altercation reportedly developed between them, during which the suspect allegedly armed himself with a knife and inflicted multiple injuries upon Alivera,” police said.
Police said they visited the scene and recovered a knife suspected to have been used by the perpetrator.
Initial enquiries disclosed that the deceased and the suspect, a 24-year-old Brazilian national also employed as a gold miner in the area, were known to each other and had been socialising on the evening prior to the incident when the argument ensued.
The suspect fled the scene, police said.
Police said the injured man was assisted by public-spirited persons and subsequently transported to a nearby mining company outpost, where he received initial medical attention.
He was later transferred to the Bartica Regional Hospital where he was receiving treatment but subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
