An East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) plantain chip vendor is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital, after she was shot during a robbery at her stall on Rose Hall Canje Public Road.
The robbery took place on Thursday between 19:30h and 20:00h.
Janet (only name given) was shot in the leg and relieved of her jewellery, along with her day’s sales, by a lone gunman.
The 64-year-old woman explained that the gunman stopped at her stall seemingly to make a purchase but he did not.
According to the vendor, the unknown man seemed to be pondering what to purchase and then took out his phone, appearing to be making a phone call, before walking a few steps away from the stall.
Stall along the Rose Hall Public Road
He then pulled out a gun, and demanded she hand over the two gold bangles which she was wearing.
“He said, ‘Give me them bangle, give me them bangle’!” Janet recalled.
The woman said she did not give in to the demands and was hit in her head with the gun causing her to fall.
“I feel dizzy but I try to keep my bearings,” the vendor explained.
The attacker seized the opportunity with her on the ground, to pull the bangles off of her hand and then fired a shot which hit her in the leg.
He then demanded money, and even though she claimed to have none, the robber took the day’s sales which she had in her apron, and fled on foot.
Police arrived on the scene shortly after but not before the injured woman was taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
