Guyanese man detained for assaulting a two-year-old girl
A 19-year-old man in Guyana has been detained and questioned by police for his alleged involvement in the assault of a two-year-old girl.
According to police, the man is being accused of using a cigarette lighter to burn the back and vagina of a two-year-old child, who he believed was urinating and defecating too often.
The girl's aunt told police that the suspect assaulted and burnt her two-year-old niece on August 1 at a Rose Hall Town in Corentyne.
The police said that the incident occurred while visiting his girlfriend, the injured girl’s mother.
“While there, the suspect became annoyed at the child since she was urinating and defecating more often than he deemed necessary,” the police said in the statement.
The man is reported to have taken a cigarette lighter and burnt her on her back and vagina, causing her to received injuries.
The police said they took the injured child to the Port Mourant Public Hospital for a medical examination.
Investigations are ongoing.
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