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A man, whom police identified as a vagrant, is currently hospitalised after being shot in the leg while standing in front of a bar in East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Detectives from Regional Division 4’B’ (EBD) are investigating the incident, stated that the shooting occurred on Monday at the Lambada Bar, Providence Public Road, EBD. The injured man has been identified as Raj Mohammed.
Reports are that at about 11:45h., Mohammed was standing in front of the bar when someone approached and shot him in his left lower leg. The perpetrator then fled the scene.
The incident was reported to the police, who visited the scene and found the injured man.
He was subsequently taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he is currently hospitalised. Investigations are ongoing.
Earlier this month, another 49-year-old vagrant was found stabbed to death at Water and Holmes Streets, Georgetown. Police identified him as Edward Bramnarine, better known as ‘Eddy’.
A female vendor discovered the man dead around 11:30h while walking home. Police reported that the woman, who had known the man for 18 years, noticed him lying motionless and bleeding from a wound to the left side of his chest. She immediately called for an ambulance, and upon arrival, a doctor pronounced the man dead at the scene. Detectives were summoned and described the wound on the left side of his chest as a stab wound. They also noted a cut to his right wrist. (G9)