Miner shot while fending off robbers

Eldon Chisholm

Gold miner Eldon Chisholm sustained a gunshot wound to the left ear on Monday night while fighting off two men who attempted to rob him and his family.

Chisholm, 46, was treated at a private city hospital and is recovering at his Better Hope, East Coast Demerara home, where the incident occurred. The man told Stabroek News yesterday that he, his wife,