Aripero businessman critical after being shot on way to mosque

AN Aripero businessman is in critical condition after he was shot while on his way to perform Friday prayers at a mosque.

Police said Rasif Mohammed, 63, proprietor of Fowl Play poultry shop, was driving his black Hyundai Tucson, with a 24-year-old labourer seated in the front passenger seat. He stopped along Farm Road near his business place around noon when a white Nissan Tiida stopped along the Southern Main Road.

The driver exited with a gun in hand and approached Mohammed's vehicle, firing several shots before running back to his car and escaping. Both men were injured and taken to the San Fernando General Hospital.