Minibus driver shot during ECD robbery

A minibus driver is now nursing a gunshot wound after he was shot during a robbery at Liliendaal Public Road, Georgetown, on Thursday evening.

Investigations revealed that Marvin Hooper, 39, of Shirley Field Ridley Square, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was at the Shell Service Station at Ogle, ECD, making a purchase when he was approached by three men who requested to be taken up the East Coast.

He complied and while in the vicinity of the Ocean View Conference Centre, they demanded that he hand over all his valuables, having brandished their handguns.

According to Police in a release, the driver handed over his cell phone and an undisclosed sum of cash, and was instructed to exit his vehicle, to which he refused and was shot to his back, after which the bandits made good their escape.

The driver was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital by public spirited citizens where he is awaiting surgery but is said to be in a stable condition. Police are continuing their investigations.