A former magistrate was shot several times yesterday afternoon at a construction site in Eccles.
Attorney-at-Law Fazil Azeez of Dowding Street, Kitty was at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, when he was held up by a man who demanded cash. Azeez resisted and was shot to his abdomen by the armed man who escaped after persons rushed out upon hearing the gunshot, the police said in a press release.
Stabroek News understands that Azeez went to a construction site in
