Security guards at Movie Town construction site shot

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 February 2016, 8:51 by Denis Chabrol

Two security guards at the construction site of Movie Town at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara were shot and injured early Thursday morning, police said. 
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Investigations so far revealed that at about 4 AM, two men turned up at the guard hut on the northern side and one of them discharged several rounds from a handgun. 

The guards, who are employed by Sentinel Guard Service, sustained gunshot wounds to their left in-steps. They were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. 

One of the guards returned fire with a shotgun. Sources believed that one of the attackers was injured. 

Nothing was stolen, police said.