Saturday, 26 January 2008 Gunmen went on a rampage early Saturday morning in Guyana, killing 12 people, including three children.

It is reported that the gunmen stormed the east coast village, not far from the troublesome Buxton village, and killed their victims during a 20-minute shooting spree.

The police said two persons have been hospitalised.

The authorities said that the gunmen attacked five houses in the area with high-powered weapons and using night-vision glasses.

Television footage showed live rounds, spent shells and the night-vision goggles in a resident's yard.

On Friday, carload of heavily-armed men also attacked the police headquarters at Eve Leary, injuring two police officers.

Police Commissioner, Henry Greene, said the country's most wanted fugitive Rondell Fineman' Rawlins, may have been behind the attacks.

The police said they were taking seriously a telephone call allegedly made by Rawlins that he would create mayhem in the country if his common law wife, 18-year old Tenisha Morgan is not released by abductors.

The Police have offered a US$25,000 reward for the capture of Rawlins.

He is wanted for several murders including that of a former Guyanese agriculture minister two years ago.