Elderly couple robbed at gunpoint

Three men have been detained by police in connection with the armed robbery of an elderly Belize City couple. Seventy-one year old Radiance Sutherland told police that around one-thirty on Tuesday afternoon she was home with her eighty-three year old husband and a family friend when a dark complexioned young man entered the house and pointed a gun in her face.

Sutherland reports that as the intruder grabbed a gold chain and medallion from her neck, another young man walked into the living room and pushed her husband to the floor, pointed a gun to his head, and demanded money. At that point, the couple’s friend ran out of the house and their assailants quickly followed suit.

Police say they have made no arrests so far, but have been questioning a number of people. Authorities would not confirm a report that they have been interrogating a family relative, who is suspected of instigating the crime.