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The Guyana De­fence Force (GDF) on Tues­day said the six sol­diers who were shot af­ter be­ing am­bushed by masked gun­men in the Cuyu­ni Riv­er on Mon­day, were med­ical­ly evac­u­at­ed to the cap­i­tal for ur­gent fol­low-up med­ical care.

“The health and well-be­ing of our per­son­nel re­main the high­est pri­or­i­ty, and all nec­es­sary mea­sures are be­ing tak­en to en­sure they re­ceive the best pos­si­ble treat­ment. Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the fam­i­lies of the af­fect­ed ranks have been con­tact­ed and are be­ing kept in­formed of their con­di­tion,” the GDF said in a re­lease.

Ear­li­er on Tues­day, Com­man­der in Chief of the Armed Forces, Pres­i­dent Ir­faan Ali in a state­ment said an army Bell 412 he­li­copter was en route to evac­u­ate the in­jured sol­diers.