23-year-old Shiam Wazim Nizam, was today charged with inciting public terror, after he allegedly published a post on Facebook threatening to bomb multiple stores in Guyana.
Nizam denied the charge, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. The court heard that between June 1st, 2018, and June 3rd, 2018, at Parika, East Bank Essequibo with intent to cause public terror he wrote on his Facebook wall “Essequibo belongs to Venezuela… I will bomb all the stores of your country one by one.” Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield objected to bail citing the seriousness of the charges. He was remanded to prison on the grounds of Public Safety and the matter was transferred to the Leonora Magistrates’ Court for June 26th.