Couple, toddler injured during altercation at traffic stop 

A couple and their granddaughter were reportedly injured on Friday afternoon after their neighbour became violent at a traffic stop at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara.

Police reported that 53-year-old Indira Thomas and her husband, 68-year-old William Thomas, went to a daycare and playgroup at Friendship, EBD, at about 15:30 hrs, to pick up their granddaughter.

As they were returning home, they were stuck in the traffic at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, and got into an argument with 68-year-old Wilfred Aaron. The Thomas’s and Aaron are reportedly neighbours in Coverden, EBD.

Aaron reportedly hurled several expletives at Williams and allegedly threatened to kill him. So Williams then stepped out of his vehicle and approached the suspect, in an apparent attempt to assess the situation. The suspect then armed himself with a knife and attacked the businessman, causing him to receive injuries to his abdomen and ear.

Police said Indira, who tried to part the fight, received injuries on her elbow, hand, palm, and cuts on three fingers on her right hand. The toddler was also injured. However, an onlooker, who rendered assistance to the family after the attack, told the News Room that Indira and the child remained in the car but were attacked by Aaron.

Williams managed to enter his motor car and head to the Diamond Regional Hospital soon after, where he and his relatives were all seen and examined by a doctor on duty, treated, and sent away.