East Coast fish vendor loses finger in bandit attack

Indira Ramgobind

A fish vendor lost one of her fingers on Tuesday when she was shot by a robber.

Indira Ramgobind, 50, of 43 Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, is lucky to be alive as she managed to dodge most of the shots that were fired in her direction during the attack.

The gunman later escaped with $4,000 that she had made from selling fish on Tuesday morning.

It was only her second day selling fish with her husband.

She said the robber, who was young, approached them and began firing shots.

Ramgobind recalled that it was about 7.30am and she