Corentyne man critical after ambush at home

A Port Mourant man is now in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was shot at his home on Sunday night and his wife believes the attack is linked to him being a witness a murder trial

Shafraz Bacchus, also known as Andrew, 31, of Lot 21 Portuguese Quarters, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice, was ironing his children’s school clothes when he saw a gun pointed at him through an opening in the floor.  Bacchus sounded an alarm, after which the perpetrators started discharging rounds. The last of three rounds struck Bacchus, who is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

His wife, Tasha Gobin 28, as she sat outside the hospital waiting to