Philipsburg: -- Police have arrested two persons for the attack on Cookie Bijlani family which took place on the night of Tuesday May 26th on Kangaroo Road Belair. Earlier reports stated that as the family was coming out of their gate when they were attacked by two men who were apparently hiding in the bushes nearby.
It is understood the attackers were armed with a gun and knife. Two of the persons who were attacked were stabbed with a knife while the gun was used to shoot at the vehicle. Cookie Bijlani said two of victims who were injured are still traumatized. One of them received several injuries to his chest, hand and back as he was stabbed a number of times, while the other victim received bruises from the bullets that were fired.
The attack on the Bijlani family occurred the same night Haresh Dayalani was murdered at his Cole Bay home. So far police have not arrested anyone in the brutal killing of the well known businessman.
Bijlani said police called the victims to identify some of the stolen items which included a cellular phone.
SMN News understands that the suspects happen to be the two of the four suspects that were detained on the French side of the island in a stolen vehicle. SMN News was reliably informed that police on the Dutch side conducted a house search at one of the suspect’s home and a number of stolen items including firearms were found.
Public Prosecutor Rienk Mud confirmed they indeed have two persons in custody for that case. Mud said he would not be releasing anymore information on the case since the police are working very hard on the bring the puzzles of the case together. “All I am going to say is that we have two people in custody and the investigations are ongoing.”
The prosecutor said he would not even say who the suspects are since he does not intend to jeopardize the investigation.
