TWO gold miners were robbed on Sunday night and one of them was shot during the incident, according to police reports.Police said that about 23:00hrs, Francis Mc Pherson, 38, of Lime Street, Georgetown, and Eon Bourne, 30, of Port Kaituma, North West District, were travelling on an All- Terrain Vehicle along the trail at Hymakuru Backdam, Port Kaituma, when they were held up by two men with handguns.
Police said that during the armed robbery Bourne was shot in his thigh by the perpetrators who took away a quantity of gold and escaped.