Taxi driver shot and robbed

A Tunapuna maxi-taxi driver was shot twice and robbed while plying his vehicle for hire from Arima to Port-of-Spain around 5 am yesterday. Reports revealed that Dedier Mora, 50, was plying vehicle HBO 9462 when on reaching Convent Street, Arouca, he picked up three men who pretended to be passengers. The men pointed a gun at Mora and robbed him of an undisclosed amount of cash.They then shot him in the neck and right hand. Mora was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was treated and warded. Around 1.50 am yesterday, Brent Mohammed, the owner of Oasis Bar was at his businessplace at Caroni Savannah Road, Chaguanas, when a man pointed a gun at him and robbed him of $400. Also in Central, Rajesh Maharaj, 22 , and Mardage Ramsoondar,19, were at Strokers Bar at Ramsaran Street, Chaguanas, around 12.30 am when they had a confrontation with a “bouncer”. Maharaj and Ramsoondar were both stabbed. They were rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where Maharaj was warded and Ramsoondar was treated and discharged.