And a man is lucky to be alive after he was assaulted by four persons while heading home, one of whom was armed with a machete. ASP Yearwood explained that police officers were present in the area of Belmopan and all four of the assailants - two of whom are minors - have been charged. He gave us more details today.
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department
"On Friday, we received a report from Mr. Wilber Rivera where he was attacked by four persons. He was returning home from making a purchase at a nearby store. One of these persons was armed with a machete. We have since, well firstly, we had police officers that were doing routine patrols in the immediate area and they managed to detain three of these persons immediately. Had it not been for our officers in that area, we believe that we may have had injuries because like I said, one of them was armed. We managed to detain the other person a little later that night where all four persons have since been charged for common assault. Two of them are minors, a 17 year-old and a 15 year-old, but the adult that was with them at the time. Actually, three of them are minors, but Emilio Saqui, 25 years, was charged jointly with the minors for the assault upon Wilber."
