Businessman critical in HDU

Nov 19, 2012 News

Two days after Chinese national shot…

The Chinese national who was shot and robbed last Saturday night remains in a critical condition in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

The 24-year-old businessman who was shot

The businessman, John Tianxiang was shot in his abdomen during a robbery. He also suffered from internal injuries along with abrasions to his body as a result of the accident after his wife, Delingxing who was driving his car at the time, lost control of the vehicle, while transporting him to the hospital.
Yesterday, when Kaieteur News visited the injured man at the hospital, he was seen lying unconscious and attached to a life-support machine.
His wife, who did not receive any injury, was sitting next to him, holding his right hand. This publication tried to speak to the injured man’s wife but unfortunately, she does not speak English.
According to information, the Chinese couple was attacked by two youths on a CG motorcycle as they were about to enter their car after locking up their business place on Regent Street, in the vicinity of the burnt out Lucky Dollar store.
The robbers shot the 24-year-old businessman before escaping with two cellular phones and a bag with an undisclosed amount of cash.
After the men fled, Delingxing helped her husband into their vehicle but on Thomas Street, a tire blow-out caused Delingxing to lose control of the car, which hit into a tree then crashed into a vendor’s stall. Meanwhile the two bandits had made good their escape.