Armed bandits last evening staged a robbery at the Chenick and Sons Supermarket, in Betsy Ground Village, East Canje, Berbice, where they severely beat the owner and discharged several shots during the attack, including one that resulted in a customer being grazed.
Sources told Sunday Stabroek that six men carried out the attack, which occurred around 8 pm.
The bandits subsequently escaped with a vehicle belonging to the owner, Chenick Moses, 44, in the direction of New Forest, East Canje Berbice.