A construction worker was on Thursday evening robbed of his Toyota Premio motorcar and assaulted by a lone gunman shortly after arriving at his brother’s East Street, Georgetown premises.
Gary Samaroo, a resident of Ogle, East Coast Demerara yesterday told Stabroek News that as is customary every day, he was going over to visit his brother at his East Street house on Thursday when he was attacked just after parking his motorcar, PRR 8905.
The incident he said took place about 7.30 pm. “Where my brother house situated there is an alleyway to get there, so I just parked the car and come out when a man appeared from nowhere and grabbed me by my shoulder”, Samaroo said.
At the time, he said he was on ….

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