Retiree chopped, beaten, robbed in Toco home invasion

ELIZ­A­BETH GON­ZA­LES

GML Cor­re­spon­dent

A 65-year-old man is in sta­ble con­di­tion af­ter an ear­ly morn­ing at­tack at his To­co home on Sun­day.

Po­lice said the man was at his home on the Paria Main Road, San Souci, at around 6:10 am when he saw three ban­dits climb­ing through an open win­dow.

The man con­front­ed the in­trud­ers but was chopped on his hands and feet and over­pow­ered by the at­tack­ers, who tied his arms and legs with elec­tri­cal cords.

The ban­dits beat the man be­fore steal­ing his two mo­bile phones and bank cards.

They es­caped through the same open win­dow a short while lat­er.

Neigh­bours heard the com­mo­tion and took the wound­ed man to hos­pi­tal where he un­der­went surgery for wounds sus­tained.

He is said to be in sta­ble con­di­tion, re­cov­er­ing from his in­juries.