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Jan 07, 2011 News
A Kaneville businessman was last evening shot in the chest by armed bandits who invaded his residence, where he also operates a shop. Up to press time, he was listed as critical.
The victim, 30 year-old Majeed Khan, was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, but was referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where he was immediately rushed into emergency surgery.
Speaking with this newspaper, Pamela Gordon, the victim’s wife, said that they were at home with their three children and she was on the verandah when she observed five men entering the premises.
She said that they were wearing handkerchiefs and stockings over their faces and two of them brandished guns while the other two had knives.
According to Gordon when she saw the men entering she shouted “thief, thief” even as she heard the men ordering her husband to not make any noise and direct them to the money and jewellery.
She said two of the men approached her and demanded the same from her and in the process one of them struck her with a gun while the other cuffed her.
Gordon recounted that she was ordered to lie on the floor but she only stooped. She said she told them that the money was in the shop and that they did not have any jewellery.
The woman related that the men even accosted her eldest daughter demanding to know where the money was and she told them immediately it was in the shop.
Gordon estimated that the men managed to grab just about $150,000.
The men also took her bag which had in it bank cards, a mobile phone and some money in a wallet, among other items.
She said that during the ordeal, which lasted mere minutes, she heard one gunshot ring out and when the men had fled she saw her husband slumped in a pool of blood.
After the men made good their escape she said that neighbours rushed to assist. They placed the injured Khan in a taxi and rushed him to the hospital.
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