Questions continued to swirl yesterday over the massacre of eight diamond miners, whose bodies were subsequently burnt in a camp at Lindo Creek, up the Berbice River.Yesterday, the dredge owner, Leonard Arokium, stuck to his story that ranks of the Joint Services knew of the existence of the camp and had mingled with the miners on occasions,Wholesale Jerseys, although previous statements to the media had indicated that no economic activity was being conducted in the area.It is unclear whether the Joint Services had warned the workers of the two mining camps in the Unamco area to leave because of the ongoing search for gunmen who were holed up in the area.During a press conference at the offices of Kaieteur News at Saffon Street, Charlestown,Arokium also said that he was scared for his life and was not sleeping in one place.Using a topographical map of the area, Arokium repeated earlier statements that it was highly unlikely that gunmen who were holed up at Christmas Falls, Berbice River,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, would opt to escape in the direction of the approaching Joint Services team.Arokium’s entire staff, including his son and brother, was killed and their bodies burned in the third mass killing in Guyana for the year. The bodies were discovered on Saturday by Arokium, a land surveyor by profession, who went to investigate after receiving phone calls that there was shooting at the camp.Those murdered are Arokium’s son, Dax, 28, of Crane Place, South Ruimveldt Park; his uncle, Cedric Arokium, called Brother,Authentic Jerseys China, 51; Bonny Harry, 50, of Zorg, Essequibo; Compton Speirs, 58, of Meten-Meer-Zorg,China Jerseys, West Coast Demerara; Clifton Wong, 46, of Norton Street Horace Drakes, 36, of De Kenderen, West Coast Demerara; Lancelot Lee, called ‘Piggy’; and a youth who is reportedly from Kwakwani.According to Arokium, it is clear that the attack on the camp was well planned and orchestrated, since his workers were hardened “bush men” who would not easily allow anyone to just enter the camp. In addition to having one shotgun, the workers were hardened men who sometimes walked 21 hours to get to Kwakwani.Yesterday, Arokium repeated earlier claims that the killings could not have been the work of the gang that the security forces are pursuing.The Arokium camp is situated on a mountain range, and it is unlikely that the fleeing gunmen would have travelled that area in their bid to escape, since they would have been risking running right into the arms of the Joint Services ranks who were guarding the Unamco Road which cuts through the forested area.Using a map, the man told reporters that the Joint Services had established a base at a place called The Gate (check point) along the Unamco Road, 68 kilometres (40 miles) south of Kwakwani, up the Berbice River.Another camp operated by a Brazilian is another four kilometres (2.5 miles) south of the checkpoint along the said road.Arokium disclosed that his camp is another four kilometres south of the Brazilian camp, but about one mile from the Unamco Road.The Christmas Falls camp where the gunmen were hiding out is about 15 kilometres (nine miles) further up the road and off the beaten track to the east from Arokium’s camp and further inland.He explained that,Cheap NFL Jerseys, from his estimation, when the bandits were first attacked, they would have had to use the flatlands east of his camp and across the Berbice River to make good their escape, since it would not have been wise for them to pursue a course towards his camp, which would have entailed navigating a difficult mountain range.It would have also meant heading in the direction of the Joint Services who had sealed the road leading to and from the Arokium camp.It later transpired that the gunmen, after eluding the Joint Services patrol, crossed the Berbice River on a makeshift raft. A source explained that five men crossed the river no later than Friday, June 13 because, three days later, they had walked the 60 kilometres to Goat Farm, where the Joint Services killed Cecil Simeon Ramcharran, called Uncle Willie and Magic, along with 16-year-old Robin Chung, called Chung Boy.It is unthinkable that the gunmen would cross the Berbice River, kill the miners, and then re-cross to flee to Ituni.By continuing on their northward course along the established road, they would have been heading straight into the army checkout at The Gate, which once marked Unamco property.The fact that the gunmen reportedly ended up near Ituni (nearly 90 km. north) a few days after the initial raid strongly suggests that the escaping bandits used the flatlands, which represent a quicker route.Arokium is adamant that the bandits would not risk a confrontation with the security