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An 18-year-old gold miner is at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing a gunshot wound to the right side of his face.Injured is Abdool Cort, of Lot 960 Section B South Sophia. Cort explained that he was the pillion rider on his cousin’s motorcycle heading home when he felt a hard impact on his face.The injured CortAccording to Cort, he was at the bridge which joins ‘B’ and ‘C’ field Sophia when the incident occurred.“When we were going I see the police vehicle at the back of us but it was not speeding or showing any signal. We slow down at the bridge and is then when I felt the impact, no noise or anything,Wholesale Jerseys China,” Cort emphasizedHe added that after he felt the impact on his face, he lost consciousness and “the next thing I remember was waking up in the wheel chair at the hospital.”Kaieteur News understands that the officer accused of the shooting is a cadet officer attached to the Brickdam Police Station. When Cort’s relatives went at the police station; the said officer denied firing at Cort although there are eyewitnesses.The bullet passed through the 18-year-old’s face and through his cousin’s shirt. The family was told that the officer alleged of the act is under close arrest and an ID parade will soon be conducted. |
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