Tailor shot during foiled robbery on Essequibo Coast

A tailor of Onderneeming Sand Pit, on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), is now nursing a gunshot wound to his right foot after evading armed bandits on Saturday evening.

The injured man is 38-year-old Narindra Persaud.
Based on information received, Persaud and his wife were sitting in a hammock in the verandah of their flat concrete home when the woman started to scream.
As Persaud turned around to see what had happened, he saw two masked men entering his yard by scaling the fence.
Persaud recalled that both men had on hoodies but one was armed with a “shiny handgun”.
The couple was accosted by the gunman who demanded that they remain quiet but both Persaud and his wife managed to enter the house through an open door. It was at this time the gunman opened fire in their direction. One of the bullets struck the tailor in the lower right foot.
However, they were able to close the door, leaving the men outside. They then raised an alarm but the bandit discharged several rounds before fleeing the scene.
The matter was reported to the police and Persaud was taken to the Suddie Public Hospital where he was treated and sent home.
Meanwhile, ranks from the Anna Regina Police Station visited the scene and retrieved several spent shells. An investigation was launched.