Essequibo man shot during robbery at Chinese supermarket

Anwar Sukhnanand, also known as “Danny”, a 35-year-old excavator operator of Johanna Cecelia on the Essequibo Coast, has been shot and injured after gunmen invaded a Chinese supermarket in that Region Two (Pomeroom-Supenaam) community.

The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at about 20:45h at the Good Life Supermarket owned by Chinese national Guang. According to information reaching Guyana Times, five masked men, armed with handguns and dressed in dark clothing, stormed the supermarket while
the Chinese businessman was behind the counter and several customers were shopping. The armed men went into the cashier’s booth and confiscated an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of phone cards before making good their escape.

Sukhnanand, who was in the company of his wife and friends, was shot when one of the men discharged a round in his direction as they made their way into the supermarket. He reportedly collapsed to the ground.
“Me and Danny (Anwar) went to the supermarket to purchase a few household items; and while coming out, we met a few friends, so we stayed a while and chat and had a drink. Then suddenly we heard a sound like a firecracker, and then another one, then my husband fall to the ground and all I see is blood coming from his foot… I started to panic, and everyone scattered and run away,” the man’s wife explained. She added that three armed men then rushed into the supermarket, attacked the Chinese businessman, and looted the cash register.
However, after being shot, Sukhnanand was taken to the Suddie Public Hospital, where he was treated and admitted as a patient. An investigation into the shooting is underway.