Guyana Massacres

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A group of gunmen have gone on a rampage in Guyana, killing 11 people, including five children.
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Decries this despicable crime against an ethnic race, and calls for the international community to voice their resentment.
The gunmen burst into the village of Lusignan east of the capital Georgetown on Saturday, firing on several houses. Five children were among the dead.

It was said to be the country's worst mass killing for more than 30 years.

Officials suspect a criminal gang acting on the orders of the country's most wanted man, Rondell Rawlins, who police say accuses government forces of kidnapping his pregnant girlfriend.

The attack has raised fears of racial strife. Lusignan is mostly ethnic Indian, while Rondell Rawlins and his followers come from the ethnic African community.

The country's 760,000 population is almost evenly split between the two communities.

$150,000 reward

Residents of Lusignan and other nearby villages blocked roads with burning tyres and other debris, hours after Mr Jagdeo promised to provide them with weapons and other resources to help police their communities.

Police have also offered a reward of $150,000 for Mr Rawlins' capture.




But villagers say security forces have done too little to combat the gang, which has been active for the past six years.

In Saturday's incident, unidentified gunmen kicked down the doors of five wooden houses in Lusignan, shooting at inhabitants within.

The dead include a man, his wife and their granddaughter in one house, and a mother and her two children in another, news agency AFP reported.

Local people screamed and wept on the streets of the village after the killings.

Later, as many as 300 people from the neighbouring town of Mon Repos started fires on the roads to Lusignan and vowed to form vigilante groups to avenge the killings.

"We want justice!" they cried. "Government can't protect us! We want more police!"

Telephone threats

Hours before the village massacre, heavily armed gunmen had also attacked the headquarters of the Guyana police force, injuring two policemen.

On Wednesday, in the criminal haven of Buxton, east of Georgetown, gunmen engaged Guyanese soldiers in a firefight that left one soldier dead and another seriously injured.

Police said Rondell Rawlins himself had made telephone threats following the disappearance of his 18-year-old girlfriend.

The gang is said to consist of about 20 heavily armed men engaged in "urban warfare". Mr Rawlins is also wanted over the murder of a government minister in 2006.

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[kiyacampbell]

what i dont understand why people are leaving such racist comments, aint the reason these men, women and children are dead because of racism??? racism is the problem, so why fuel the fire by leaving silly comments?

[MrKajal101]

yooooooooo, i was in guyana wen diz shit happened, and trust wen i say i never stepped outa da house at all the week dis happened. we took a flight straight back to NY, i wasnt born guyanese but my mom is, she had hell with me, diz wa a sick massacre, people r heartless dezz dais.

[lisabeharry26]

BUT THEM SKUNT KNOW FUH CME WEN PPL GET PARTY FUH FREE RUM N FOOD

[lisabeharry26]

I THINK DEM POLICE KNEW ABT THIS U GA DEAD B4 THEM FUKER CME HELP U

[mrmootheirrev]

Poor children, who could do something like that. I hope the murderer is caught and anally raped, then castrated and burnt at the stake.

[MIKKAMETDIESTIKKA]

sombody pray for Guyana!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adz09ish]

I am glad In Jamaica we don't have ethnic wars. Blacks,Chinese,Indians, white, Arabs. We all get a long. Our motto is OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE. We don't see race in jamrock.

[jamguy07]

@CoolieBayB say that shit to a black mans face and i bet u he will shit on u. u r nothing fall off the face of the earth and do us all a favor.

[jamguy07]

@sazwim u dumb ass we were there first.

[jamguy07]

@aknights19 you are so right. thanks for posting that.

[bbadm71]

Am so sorry for all these people I couldn't even looked at it because its sad

[Cordely]

@guyanesejoka Blacks and Indians Both been fighting each other, its not just african guyanese killing indo-guyanese. Family based cultures only for indian guyanese? stop being racist. And btw im btw Afro-guyanese and Indian guyanese. Keep talking to people with your arugments theyll just get mad and do something weather black or indian. You people make it worse with your comments