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Gunmen shoot, rob US-based Guyanese
Police have held a number of persons for questioning following the brutal 
robbery of three persons, including a United States-based Guyanese, on Wednesday around 02:00 hrs.
Jafar Mohamed, 49, who only returned to the country on Sunday was shot, chopped and robbed along with friends, Narvindra “Vicky” Seepaul, 24, a businessman of Lot 4 section B Bloomfield Public Road, Corentyne, who was robbed of $50,000 and a cellular phone, and Jainarine Singh, 48, a cane harvester who was robbed of $40,000 and a cellular phone.
The incident occurred as the men were about to enter Seepaul’s home.
According to neighbours, Mohamed, who is staying at Seepaul’s home would return to Guyana on a regular basis. The three men had just returned from an outing and were about to enter Seepaul’s yard which houses an Ainlim Distribution Centre and an Internet and Cell phone top up business below, when they were pounced upon by three men.
Two of the bandits wore masks. One had a gun while the others were armed with a cutlass and a piece of wood. The bandits who apparently knew of the men’s movements were hiding in the yard.
The men put up a resistance, but Mohamed was shot in his left thigh and chopped on his right hand before being relieved of all his cash and jewelry. He was also relieved of all his documents. The men also attacked and brutalized Seepaul who was broadsided on his right shoulder. Singh was also beaten.
According to neighbours, the thieves tried to enter the house, but were unable to do so as the house was well grilled. They said that the ordeal lasted for about five minutes.
Neighbours were alerted to the incident by the gunshot and the commotion, but were reluctant to come out at first. However, as they eventually came out the men fled via a dam not too far away. Mohamed was picked up and rush to the New Amsterdam Hospital for medical attention and was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital. His condition is regarded as serious.
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