Gunmen
wound
two
brothers
in
raid
on
Grove
shop
Armed
bandits
last
evening
invaded
a
Grove
Squatting
Area
residence,
shooting
two
brothers
and
gun-butting
their
elderly
father
during
the
course
of
a
five-minute
ordeal
before
escaping
with
an
undisclosed
amount
of
cash.
Related:
Grove
mother
brutally
murdered
Up
to
press
time
last
evening
Sewanandan
Gopaul
38
of
Lot
175
who
was
shot
in
the
right
thigh
and
Bhojindra
Gopaul
38
of
Lot
214
who
sustained
a
gunshot
wound
to
the
left
thigh
were
still
receiving
treatment
at
the
Georgetown
Hospital.
Hospital
sources
said
that
the
injuries
did
not
appear
life-threatening
and
that
the
men’s
conditions
were
listed
as
stable.
Their
father,
Madhoo,
who
sustained
injuries
to
his
head
and
chest
when
one
of
the
gunmen
repeatedly
hit
him
with
his
weapon
was
treated
at
the
Diamond
Diagnostic
Centre
where
they
were
all
rushed
following
the
incident.
He
was
later
sent
away
after
being
treated.
When
Stabroek
News
arrived
at
the
Lot
175
address
where
the
incident
occurred
relatives
and
friends
were
comforting
Madhoo
and
his
wife
Surijadai.
The
woman
was
in
tears
when
approached
by
this
newspaper
but
managed
to
say
that
around
6.30
pm,
her
sons
were
closing
up
a
small
shop
at
her
home
when
she
noticed
a
group
of
men
coming
through
her
gate.
She
was
seated
on
a
bench
in
front
of
the
shop
while
her
husband
was
on
a
nearby
staircase.
Sewanandan
had
just
taken
a
glass
case
with
some
eatables
into
the
bottom
flat
of
the
two-storey
house
while
Bhojindra
was
securing
the
bolts
inside
the
shop.
The
woman
said
that
she
thought
it
was
customers
but
when
she
approached
the
group
which
numbered
about
five,
one
of
the
men
pulled
out
a
gun
and
ordered
that
she
“get
in
the
——ing
yard.”
Surijadai
said
that
she
started
to
wrestle
with
the
gunman
and
it
was
at
this
point
that
she
spotted
two
more
weapons.
She
recalled
that
she
somehow
managed
free
herself
and
run
though
the
open
gate
“and
up
the
road
screaming.”
She
told
Stabroek
News
that
as
she
ran
she
heard
at
least
three
gunshots.
Mahdoo
said
that
after
his
wife
ran
away
one
of
the
gunmen
came
up
to
him
and
started
hitting
him
in
his
head
and
chest.
The
man
then
ordered
him
to
enter
the
house.
However
he
disregarded
the
gunman’s
command
and
instead
jumped
over
the
fence
to
a
neighbour’s
yard
where
he
telephoned
the
police.
It
is
unclear
what
happened
after
that
but
from
all
appearances
the
bandits
entered
the
house
and
confronted
the
two
brothers
who
reportedly
put
up
resistance
and
were
shot
in
the
process.
The
bandits
later
escaped
on
foot.
Pieces
of
broken
glass
littered
the
floor
and
there
was
a
broken
drinks
bottle
near
a
white
hat
that
one
of
the
bandits
left
behind.
Ranks
who
visited
the
scene
did
not
collect
the
hat.
The
bandits
at
some
point
removed
a
drawer
with
the
day’s
sales
which
was
in
the
shop.
After
emptying
it
they
threw
it
in
a
flower
bed
near
the
gate.
This
newspaper
was
told
that
the
policeman,
“hold
it
with
he
two
hand
and
rest
it
pon
top
de
table.”
It
was
in
the
same
position
the
rank
had
left
it
when
this
newspaper
arrived.
There
was
also
evidence
that
the
bandits
were
in
a
room
where
drinks
were
stored
as
several
bottles
were
lying
on
the
floor.
It
is
thought
that
Sewanandan
may
have
fled
there
and
was
confronted
by
one
of
the
bandits.
The
glass
case
with
the
eatables
was
where
Sewanandan
had
left
it.
Drops
of
blood
were
visible
on
the
floor.
At
the
hospital,
the
men’s
brother-in-law
Pramdatt
Gopaul
said
that
they
were
conscious
and
were
talking.
Two
policemen
later
visited
the
hospital
to
check
on
the
two
injured
men.
The
couple
and
the
residents
yesterday
expressed
fear
for
their
safety
in
light
of
the
incident.
Surijadai
said
that
within
the
last
month
several
strange
persons
had
been
coming
into
her
shop
but
she
didn’t
think
too
much
of
it.
She
said
that
the
community
was
in
dire
need
of
more
streets
lights
as
some
sections
were
dark
at
night.
She
also
expressed
the
need
for
a
police
presence
in
the
community
at
night
and
the
removal
of
groups
of
idle
youths
from
street
corners.
There
have
been
several
petty
robberies
in
recent
times
in
this
part
of
Grove.
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