THE police have reported that, at about 13:05 hrs yesterday, Abdalla Hamilton, 29 years, of Section ‘K’ Campbellville, Georgetown, was sitting in a motor vehicle that was parked on Charlotte Street, Georgetown, when he was held up by a man armed with a handgun.

The police said the perpetrator shot Abdalla Hamilton to his left thigh and took away a bag reportedly containing $2 million. The gunman is reported to have  escaped on a motor cycle driven by an accomplice.
Hamilton has been admitted to a private hospital for medical treatment.
Reports are that Abdalla is the son of PPP Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health, Mr Joe Hamilton.
According to media reports yesterday. Abdalla had just arrived near the Charlotte Street entrance to the High Court to transact  business with the Registry department there when he was accosted outside the courthouse by two bandits and relieved of $2 Million that he had just received from a local bank as part of a house construction loan.
The young man who works with the One Laptop Project, was shot to his thigh and in the area of his groin as the bandits made off with the money.