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Engineer was shot once to the head – PM report
A post mortem (PM) report on the remains of 23-year-old Abdool Saleem Aziz, who was shot dead by three gunmen early Sunday, has shown that the young man died as a result of a gunshot wound he sustained to his head.
Dead: Abdool
Saleem Aziz
The report has also shown that the electrical engineer was shot twice to his right shoulder.
There are no indications that the University of Guyana graduate was engaged in a struggle.
The PM examination was done yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh.
Aziz, a Beharry Group of Companies employee was gunned down about 30 feet from his Lot 33 Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar home around 04:00 hrs on Sunday by three gunmen, during a suspected robbery.
He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by neighbours, but succumbed to his injuries shortly after.
The police in a release had said that Aziz was confronted by three men in an apparent attempt to rob him as he was about to enter his premises.
During the confrontation, Aziz was allegedly shot.
The Prashad Nagar Police Outpost is located two corners from where the young man was shot and killed.
When this newspaper visited the scene on Sunday, neighbours claimed that they thought it was the sound of squibs, given the fact that Diwali is just a few days away.
One elderly man, who asked for his name to be withheld, revealed that when he heard the loud explosion, he looked out and saw a man lying on the roadway.
He said that he immediately telephoned the police and other neighbours and informed them about what he had seen.
Investigators believe that the young man may have just gotten out of a taxi and proceeded to open his gate when he was confronted by the bandits who reportedly rode up on bicycles.
A police source close to the investigation said that the fact that Aziz had been found lying a short distance away from his yard, clearly indicates that he tried to escape from the men but failed.
It is not clear if the bandits took anything from the victim.
The dead man’s father, Abdool Aziz told this newspaper that one of his nephews had called and informed him that his son was shot and he later succumbed at the hospital.
“My son was very quiet… I never had a problem with he. He lived alone here for some time and he never had a problem with anyone,” the father said with teary eyes.
No one has been arrested as yet.
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