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‘We need justice’ – Family of girl killed in gas station bombing cries out in anguish Oct 28, 2025 News …blames “Spanish” suspect as hunt intensifies for wanted man (Kaieteur News) – The grieving relatives of six-year-old Soraya Borne who was killed in a blast on Sunday night at the Mobil Service Station on Regent and King Street are calling for justice. They told reporters who visited their home “We are not safe in this country with them Spanish…She ain’t deserve to dead like this, we need to get them Spanish out immediately.” Their anger against the “Spanish” came after the Guyana Police Force (GPF) issued a wanted bulletin for a Spanish-speaking man suspected of being involved in Sunday night’s explosion which killed Bourne and left her cousins -also children- in a critical condition. Her grandmother and other bystanders were also injured in the blast which occurred around 19:30 hrs. Police identified the other victims of the blast as: Jenica Hooper, 27, a teacher of Breda Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown her mother, Yvonne Jonas, 71 years, a pensioner; her niece Seddia McIntosh, 12 and nephew Reshard Lord, 7. One family member Ashana Roach told the press “. We need justice because we coulda lose a whole family, a family of five was going to buy chicken and they are not safe, they are not safe in this country with these Spanish.” Updating the press on the surviving victims’ condition she said, “Well as far as I know two of the children come out from surgery because the boy his brains was showing so he had to go under surgery.” “Meh other cousin she had to do a surgery for her face ma grandmother she foot break. Me other cousin she is not hearing. Right about now she is not hearing, she is traumatised,” she added. According to Roach it was customary for the children’s aunt Jenica Hooper to take them out every Sunday afternoon to purchase fried chicken. “…She ain’t even come out she vehicle cause if you watch the footage, soon as she come in that is what go on. We need justice we need justice for we family we need justice for we family”, Roach told reporters. She recalled receiving a call informing her to make her way down to the hospital immediately. Roach left for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation only to find out that Soraya was killed and her cousins critical. “I hear my cousin deh in a room saying no show meh she, the nurse, she said ‘no a can’t show you she’ when we go in the room them done cover up the lil girl, when we pull off the thing there is Soraya lie down there”, she recounted. She continued: “The mother fall down (Soraya’s mother) get faint away. No doctor come to her rescue nobody ain’t come to her rescue all the security dem saying, ‘come out from here…”. Meanwhile, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in a statement updated the public on the condition of the victims who were taken there for treatment. According to the hospital a total of eight patients were received at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department around 7:45 p.m., following the incident. “Upon arrival, all patients were promptly triaged, assessed, resuscitated, and stabilized. The relevant medical and surgical specialties were immediately engaged to ensure comprehensive care”, the hospital said. Of the eight patients, three were treated for minor injuries and subsequently discharged after evaluation. Four were admitted. “Two paediatric patients with significant injuries and two adult female patients for observation and one paediatric patient (Soraya Bourne) was unfortunately pronounced dead on arrival”, the GPHC further stated. The two paediatric patients with serious injuries reportedly underwent emergency surgical procedures and are currently in the hospital’s recovery room under close observation. According to the hospital, both of them are critical but stable. “The two adult patients, both females, sustained multiple soft tissue injuries to the face, head, neck and thigh with one suffering a fracture to the leg,” the hospital said while adding: “as part of the hospital’s standard trauma protocol, for injuries that could result in latent internal injuries, CT scans were performed on all patients to guide further management.” The hospital’s Social Work Unit and Psychiatry Department are also prepared to offer psychological counselling to the patients and their relatives affected by this incident. “Some of the key medical specialties involved in the management of these patients include General Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, ENT and Maxillofacial Surgery”, the hospital revealed. bombing, explosion, gas station, GPHC, Mobil Service Station, Soraya Borne, Soraya Bourne
