Victim warded in serious condition
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2015
An Arima street vendor who had threatened to kill his estranged lover
and then himself, committed suicide on Tuesday after chopping the woman,
who survived the attack. The incident took place around 8 pm, police
said, after the man, Narine Singh, of Matura, attacked Marilyn Gallan,
56, as she walked along Pro Queen Street in the heart of the eastern
borough, metres away from the police station.
Police said after chopping the woman Singh ran west along Farfan Street and collapsed on Woodford Street where he died. Police said the woman was chopped four times and remains warded in a serious condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
An employee of Circle Square Recreational Pub, where Singh was once employed, said yesterday Singh had threatened to kill the woman and then himself in the past. She said the man, who she described as “jolly and a little ignorant,” had a temper, was warned against such violent threats and would calm down. She said on two previous occasions Singh attempted to take his life, once by ingesting poison and another by jumping off a building.
Another employee said Singh met Gallan at the bar and the two began a relationship which lasted two years. “We talk to him about it, other people talk to him but we didn’t think he would do it but it wasn’t a surprise per se,” the woman interrupted, adding that the couple had broken up about two months ago. She said Gallan, who is married, ended the relationship because of Singh’s erratic behaviour.
Another street vendor, who asked not to be identified, said after seeing Singh chop Gallan he and other men chased after him. While running behind Singh they saw him pelt away the cutlass. When he was confronted the men began beating Singh who denied chopping the woman. During that struggle, police said, Singh drank poison and collapsed.
“He was just walking down the road with his bag and then start to pelt chop. It’s when we see it we intervene. I used to see them talking normal,” the vendor said. A passerby who saw a stack of cash in Singh’s pocket took it and left, one eyewitness said.
Other street vendors said Singh was gambling earlier in the day and believed he had the entire attack planned. The chopping took place just outside a shoe shop as Gallan made her way to the San Rafael taxi stand on her way home.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-12-10/man-kills-self-after-chopping-woman
Police said after chopping the woman Singh ran west along Farfan Street and collapsed on Woodford Street where he died. Police said the woman was chopped four times and remains warded in a serious condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
An employee of Circle Square Recreational Pub, where Singh was once employed, said yesterday Singh had threatened to kill the woman and then himself in the past. She said the man, who she described as “jolly and a little ignorant,” had a temper, was warned against such violent threats and would calm down. She said on two previous occasions Singh attempted to take his life, once by ingesting poison and another by jumping off a building.
Another employee said Singh met Gallan at the bar and the two began a relationship which lasted two years. “We talk to him about it, other people talk to him but we didn’t think he would do it but it wasn’t a surprise per se,” the woman interrupted, adding that the couple had broken up about two months ago. She said Gallan, who is married, ended the relationship because of Singh’s erratic behaviour.
Another street vendor, who asked not to be identified, said after seeing Singh chop Gallan he and other men chased after him. While running behind Singh they saw him pelt away the cutlass. When he was confronted the men began beating Singh who denied chopping the woman. During that struggle, police said, Singh drank poison and collapsed.
“He was just walking down the road with his bag and then start to pelt chop. It’s when we see it we intervene. I used to see them talking normal,” the vendor said. A passerby who saw a stack of cash in Singh’s pocket took it and left, one eyewitness said.
Other street vendors said Singh was gambling earlier in the day and believed he had the entire attack planned. The chopping took place just outside a shoe shop as Gallan made her way to the San Rafael taxi stand on her way home.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-12-10/man-kills-self-after-chopping-woman
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