Guyanese shot at border with Venezuela says robbers tried to chop off hand

Andre Gouveia

Andre Gouveia, the Vene-zuela-based Guyanese who was shot three times along the border between Guyana and Venezuela on Saturday, says he was the victim of a gang of robbers who tried to chop off one of his hands

Gouveia, 34, a miner, was admitted as a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being transferred from a health facility in Port Kaituma, Region One (Barima-Waini), where he first sought medical attention after the shooting.

Stabroek News had first reported Gouveia to be a Venezuelan national but in an interview from his hospital bed, he yesterday clarified that he is Guyanese.