Two money changers were robbed of an undisclosed sum of local and foreign currency on Monday afternoon by two masked males and one of the victims had to be taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing gunshot wounds to his right lower forearm and the right side of his abdomen.
According to a relative of the shot victim, who did not want his name to be published, the 64-year old money changer of Vlissingen Road who plies his trade on Water Street, tried to defend himself against the suspect who was armed with a firearm. The relative said that the suspect escaped with an undisclosed sum of money after shooting the victim in his right forearm, and the right side of his abdomen. The relative added that the man has been discharged from the hospital and will have to revisit in the next two weeks to have the bullet extracted from the right side of his abdomen as the other was taken out from his right forearm.
According to a police report yesterday, the two money changers were robbed on Water Street on Monday around 13:45 by two armed suspects. A .32 casing was recovered from the scene.
The report further stated that the first victim, a 41-year-old of Sophia, was confronted by the armed suspect and relieved of his money.
Then the suspect moved to the second victim, who pulled a knife from his waist of his pants to defend himself and was then shot. The suspect then relieved the shot victim of his cash, and both suspects escaped on a motorcycle that was parked nearby on Water Street.
The shot victim was immediately picked up and rushed to hospital.
