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Gunmen
attack Annandale again
The
wounded man, Jainarine Singh, 42, of Annandale Housing Scheme,
was shot in the head and was taken to hospital where he underwent
emergency surgery. He
was reportedly in critical condition last night. Witnesses
said Singh was at the time assisting a friend who was doing some
blacksmith work. John
Christopher, an employee of Jane's Supermarket at 178 South Annandale,
which was robbed about 11:45 hrs by six unmasked men, said they
appeared from the direction of Buxton on bicycles.
While
this was happening, the other men entered another section of the shop
where there were other employees. A
gun was reportedly placed to the head of a cashier and she was
relieved of a gold chain she was wearing around her neck. The
bandits proceeded to empty her cash register and took away another
one, which was locked, witnesses said.
As
they left, they fired shots wildly into the air and at neighbouring
houses causing Singh to be hit. Residents
of the house at 98 South Annandale said they were alerted by the sound
of gunfire and they all scattered for cover. One
resident said he dropped to the ground and crawled on his hands and
knees to the side of the house. When
the gunshots seemed to have stopped, he said he emerged and went to
the front of the yard where he saw Singh lying in a pool of blood with
a bullet wound to his head. According
to residents, Police arrived half an hour later and the wounded man
was taken to hospital. Up
to press time, Singh was in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown
Public Hospital Corporation. Gunmen
from Buxton have attacked and robbed residents in Annandale several
times since the upsurge in violent crimes last year. An
elderly woman and her family in the village were robbed by gunmen from
Buxton on Monday. |
