Shop owner, customer injured in shooting incident at Onderneeming

Two residents of Red Village, Onder-neeming, Essequibo Coast are currently hospitalised at the Suddie Public Hospital after they were injured during a shooting incident in their village on Wednesday night.

Sasha Prince, 39, who owns a small shop at Red Village and Merrodo Fredericks, 22, who was a customer at the shop, were hit by bullets in their stomach and upper right leg respectively. Prince is in the Intensive Care Unit, having undergone surgery, while Fredericks is said to be in a stable condition. The reason for the shots being fired and who or what they were fired at remain unknown at this time.