A 20-year-old woman was shot in the hand late Sunday night at Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara, when she resisted a gunman who tried to rape her.
Merissa Wilkey of Block `C’ Haslington was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital shortly after the incident but was sent home after receiving medical attention.
Police in a release said that the woman was on her way home around 22:40 hrs, when she was attacked by the suspect, who tried to force her to the ground. A scuffle ensued, during which he shot her in her left hand. The suspect then fled the scene.
Investigations are continuing into the attempted rape and up to press time last evening no one had been apprehended by the police.
