Chinese restaurant owners assaulted in home invasion

The own­ers of a Chi­nese restau­rant in To­ba­go were robbed and beat­en dur­ing a home in­va­sion ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, the vic­tims had just re­turned to their Low­lands home af­ter clos­ing their es­tab­lish­ment, when they were ac­cost­ed by four ban­dits.

The sus­pects, armed with a gun and knives, as­sault­ed the fam­i­ly be­fore es­cap­ing with ap­prox­i­mate­ly $10,000. The vic­tims were tak­en to the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment. 

The home in­va­sion comes less than two weeks be­fore the an­nu­al To­ba­go Car­ni­val.

Sev­er­al stake­hold­ers, in­clud­ing busi­ness­woman Di­ane Hadad, have spec­u­lat­ed that a spike in crime oc­curs when­ev­er there is height­ened ac­tiv­i­ty on the is­land.

Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the in­ci­dent.