Businessman Harry Mattai was last night wounded in an attempted robbery just outside his home in Bel Air Park.
According to the police, at around 10.11 pm, the victim and his family had just returned home in his motorcar when two men attacked.
The police said “As the victim came out of his motorcar to open his gate leaving his daughter and wife in the vehicle, he saw the suspects approaching him from a western direction on two separate bicycles.
“The armed bandit pointed a knife at him and said `hand over what u get’. The victim replied that he didn’t have anything to which the perpetrators then tried to search him and a scuffle ensued.
“The suspect who was armed with a knife dealt the victim a stab to his lower back causing injuries. The perpetrators then made good their escape heading west on the said bicycles. The victim was rushed to a private hospital where he was seen and examined by a doctor on duty who treated and sent him away”.
Checks were made for the suspects but they were not located, the police say.
Mattai is the proprietor of Mattai’s Supermarket on Water Street.
