A time of happiness quickly turned to sadness for a Rosignol, West Coast Berbice family after a 24-year-old father who was on his way to see his newborn baby for the first time at the New Amsterdam hospital was killed by a drug addict.
Mohamed Arshad Ally was hit repeatedly with an iron bar soon after he stepping out of his Bennet Dam home with his in-laws to visit his 21-year-old wife and baby in the hospital. He never laid eyes on his child whose arrival he was eagerly awaiting.
Ally was immediately rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The perpetrator and the victim’s in-laws had an ongoing feud and he frequently threatened to harm them. He has been identified as ‘Karim’ and was in and out of jail.
The young couple would have celebrated their first wedding anniversary in April. Ally is originally from East Bank Berbice but moved in with his wife’s family shortly after getting married.
The suspect was arrested and remains in Police custody.