We must not forget Curtis Robertson, this 37-year-old father of seven was also killed.




CURTIS ROBERTSON, a 37-year-old father of seven, was a jovial man who worked hard to provide for his family and his death has left an enormous space in his household.

The security guard at acting Agriculture Minister Sataydeow Sawh’s Lot 61-62 Earl’s Court, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, home was killed in a hail of bullets when gunmen invaded the premises shortly after midnight Friday.


Minister Sawh, his brother Rajpat and sister Pulmatie Persaud were also brutally killed in an attack that has sent shockwaves throughout the country and plunged it into mourning.


Three other persons, including another brother of the minister, and two other security guards at neighbouring houses were also wounded in the attack.


Robertson, of Lot 59 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, was employed by Strategic Action Security for the past 10 years.


His reputed wife Rehanna Haywood, 33, said she last saw her husband around 17:30 h Friday when they both left home for work.

Haywood is also employed by the same security firm located at Lot 194 Charlotte Street, Lacytown, Georgetown.

She said she learnt of the attack around 01:05 h yesterday when she received a message from another security guard, Aga Khan, over the radio set saying that Robertson had been shot.

She explained that Khan, who is Robertson’s stepfather, told them that armed men had entered the place and they had been shot. However, the transmission was unclear and they subsequently lost contact.

Operations Manager of the service, Mohammed Khan, and son of Aga Khan, then tried contacting the men on their cellular phones, but after this proved futile, he decided to travel to the location, Haywood said.

He later called her and conveyed the sad news. "He called me on the set and told me that Curtis is dead and I went down to the hospital."

Mohammed Khan said when he arrived at the house, his brother was already dead. He said he was lying face down in front of the gate and bleeding profusely. The security guards were unarmed at the time of the attack.


Robertson, a father of seven children between 13 years and one year old, also leaves to mourn his wife, three brothers and six sisters.







MOURNING: Curtis Robertson’s reputed wife, Rehanna Haywood, and five of his seven children at their home yesterday. (Delano Williams photo)