Friendship man shot in robbery

A thirty-four-year-old cement worker was shot and robbed in an attack by two assailants on Saturday night as he was making his way home in Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

Anthony Johnson told Stabroek News yesterday that he was heading to his 46 Undivided Dam home around 23:00hrs on Saturday night when he noticed two suspicious-looking men walking behind him.

Johnson said he initially dismissed the men, but became concerned after he looked back several times and noticed that they were walking more and more “aggressive.” He said he started to walk faster as his suspicion grew, and eventually burst into a run after he was sufficiently certain that the men were after him.

Johnson said he ran several feet and was about to turn a corner when he heard three gunshots, and had a strange feeling in his right thigh. He subsequently