Five children and their mother have lost their father and husband after he was murdered at work last night.
The children were dependent on the 49-year-old security officer and his eldest son's income.
Sheik Mohammed Hassan formerly of Labasa was staying with his eldest son in Naqere and was working as a security Officer at a sawmill where he was attacked and killed between 11pm and mid night last night.
Hassan's son, Manan Hassan told Fijivillage this afternoon that his father was relieving another officer last night as he was only called on night duty when other security officers were busy.
A team of Crime Officers from Labasa are off to Savusavu to investigate the murder and they are gathering evidence and interviewing some people from the area.
Hassan was guarding the sawmill compound when three masked men armed with cane knives and pinchbars attacked him.
They allegedly tied his hands and leg and assaulted him.
The robbers then went up to the sawmill owner's office and assaulted the owner and also tied him up.
The robbers then walked away with $12,000 cash and other items. The owner managed to untie himself and then went to look for the security guard who was motionless.
On to another murder update in the North,
The post mortem report of the Lomaloma villager who was allegedly assaulted outside a nightclub in Labasa reveals he sustained serious head injuries.
Crime Officers have taken in a 25-year-old Seaqaqa villager for questioning and charges are expected to be laid later today.
It was earlier confirmed that the man was last seen involved in a fight with the deceased outside the Tong's nightclub in Labasa town.
