A Leonora rice vendor was shot in the leg yesterday while resisting robbers during an attack at Bushy Park, Mahaicony, on the East Coast of Demerara.
Bissoondial Seepersaud, 43, of Lot 19 Fourth Street, Leonora, West Coast Demerara was travelling to Corentyne, Berbice to buy rice when the attempted robbery occurred.
Seepersaud, who was travelling in his truck with three others including his son, Ramprakash Seepersaud, told