Shooting
spree in city as businessman abducted
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woman
wounded
ABDUCTED:
Bramhanand Nandalall
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A
WOMAN was shot in the shoulder as a shooting spree erupted in
Georgetown early yesterday morning when armed men abducted a
city businessman, Police said.
The show
windows of several business places and a section of the glass
front of Citizens Bank were shattered by bullets as the gunmen
chased Bramhanand Nandalall before cornering him at
Citizens Bank on Camp Street.
Police
said the four men pushed the businessman, owner of Keishar's
store, into a vehicle and drove away with him.
The drama
began at about 07:10 hrs as Nandalall was about to open
Keishar's store on Regent Street, Police said.
Eyewitnesses
told the Chronicle that he was attacked by the men as he
proceeded to open the door of the store.
KEISHAR'S
store on Regent Street just after the kidnapping of
its owner.
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According
to a Police press release, the four armed men had about five
minutes earlier, emerged from a burgundy coloured motorcar,
licence plate HA 1155, "pounced on the businessman and
discharged several rounds at him".
The
release said Nandalall fled west along Regent Street then
south into Camp Street towards Citizens Bank.
When the four opened fire, a section of the glass show window
of Keishar's store was shattered by bullets.
Witnesses said that as the gunmen pursued Nandalall, he
whipped out a gun he was carrying and returned fire while
running towards Camp Street.
