Monday and other days following the death of Adriana Younge at the Double Day Hotel in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, last week.

Multiple riots erupted following the release of an autopsy report confirming that the 11-year-old girl died by drowning on Monday. Adriana was reported missing on April 23, 2025, and was later found dead in the pool of the Double Day Hotel. Notably, the same pool had reportedly been searched earlier, and there was no trace of the missing child, which raised serious public suspicion and fueled widespread outrage. The perceived inconsistencies in the investigation sparked nationwide protests, with many demanding answers and accountability from the authorities. On Tuesday, in a video posted to his TikTok page, Younge’s father, Subryan Younge, alleged that police issued a false wanted bulletin for the taxi driver who had been assisting him in recent days. Mr. Younge was referring to a wanted bulletin that was issued by police for his driver, alleging that he caused public terror. Younge questioned why someone merely helping him through his grief would be targeted, accusing the police of intimidation and wrongful action. You know yesterday Monday in the hospital Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation GPHC yard, the police officer take out he phone and flashing and I ask the police man why he flash my driver. You know the police man never answer me. He never answered me, he never tell me nothing,” Mr. Younge said. He continued, “Baps suh, to be on the internet and up wanted picture, wanted picture come out for my driver, why wanted picture come out for he, what’s the reason why? Because he was the man who driving me? He was the taxi I choose to roll with. Why the police doing this thing this Kaieteur News spoke to eyewitnesses on the scene on Monday when the police officer was seen taking a picture of the taxi driver who had been accompanying Younge. One witness said the police officer was confronted and questioned why the driver’s picture was being taken. “He Police acted like he was clueless when the guy confronted him,” the eyewitness recounted. Meanwhile, on Wednesday at a joint press conference hosted by several political parties, Alliance For Change Leader, Attorney-at-law, Nigel Hughes, also raised a concern about two brothers who were charged. He condemned the arrest and indictment of the two young men, who he said were allegedly caught up in the chaos outside the Leonora Police Station last week during a protest action. (Kaieteur News)