Farmer arrested in shooting incident
POLICE have arrested a 36-year-old male farmer of Moblissa, Linden Highway in connection with the shooting of another farmer around 09:00hrs Sunday.The victim was identified as 56-year-old Cicel Todd who is a cash crop farmer of Moblissa. Police have not recovered the weapon used in the incident.
According to the victim, he left home about 08:30h Sunday for Moblissa Hilltop to collect wood shavings for his chickens and on his way home he heard an explosion and suddenly felt a burning sensation to his left thigh, left arm and penis.
He then fell to the ground but managed to raise an alarm, resulting in his daughter Deslyn Cornelius going to his rescue and rushed him to the Linden Hospital where he was treated and admitted as a patient. He is in a stable condition.