Police have arrested two men suspected of terrorising and robbing two Albouystown families yesterday morning, uttering racist remarks at one home and raping a pregnant mother.

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Three men who were armed with shotguns, cutlasses and knives told their victims that they were on a drive to make money and were not robbing poor people.

Doctors have since advised the mother to undergo blood tests.

Relating the 20-minute ordeal to this newspaper yesterday the woman said shortly after 3 am, her brother was in the toilet in the yard when the three bandits struck. She said he was forced to leave the toilet and escorted them upstairs.

Once upstairs, one of the bandits kept guard outside, while the other two marched inside the house. Stabroek News was told that other relatives were asleep in the living room and they were awakened and commanded to lay face downwards while the bandits demanded money.

"Wheh de box money that y'all draw down," one of the bandits asked while beating one man on his posterior.

The man said he did not know and the bandits then covered their faces and forced them into a bedroom and under the bed.

In the room, the bandits came upon the men's mother. "When dey see me, one ah dem seh, 'Doan be afraid muds, we thought it was Indian people house. Y'all ah poor people we wouldn't do y'all anything'," the woman said.

However, the bandits continued to terrorise the family, threatening to shoot them if they made any noise. The children's mother said one of the men ransacked her room, checking her purse for money and for other valuables. She said they did not find anything and one of them went outside and found her daughter.

The pregnant woman said the bandit who would later rape her asked her a few questions about herself and reputed husband before going into the kitchen where he used some oil to lubricate himself. He then covered her face with a sheet and sexually assaulted her vaginally and anally. She said the doctor's examination revealed that she had suffered cuts and bruises. The woman said she had never been so humiliated, and was hoping and praying that nothing serious happens to her or the child she is carrying.

Leaving that family the bandits moved to another location where they carted off one television set, one VCR and a stereo set. Stabroek News was told that the bandits struck at around 3.30 am at the home of Komal Singh.

Singh who lives with other relatives said the men broke into his home and hit him on the head. They then demanded cash, but he did not have any and as such they carried away the articles.

The police were called in and a search was made at the home of one of the suspects. A bread knife with peanut butter plastered on its blade which was stolen from the first house was found stuck in the man's door. The lawmen recovered the knife and immediately set out on a search. It is not clear whether this man is one of the two who were caught.

Police Public Relations Officer, John Sauers confirmed that the two men in custody are suspects from the robbery at Singh's home. He could not say whether either man was responsible for the sexual assault on the pregnant woman. But residents were adamant that they were the same men who had entered the Albouystown home.

Neighbours were outraged at the atrocities meted out to the pregnant woman. They were adamant that the perpetrators are from the community, noting that one of them ran away leaving a pair of slippers behind. The same men were said to have thrown a huge rock onto the roof of a house in the area while escaping.