A soldier was shot while protecting a woman, after bandits attempted to rob her at gunpoint in Curepe yesterday.
According to reports, at around 1.30 am Mark Brooks, a 31-year-old soldier of Church Street, Arima, was taking a woman to her home at Spinger Street when they were approached by three men.
One of the men was holding a gun and said it was a robbery while pointing the weapon at the woman.
Police said Brooks took action and pushed her out of the way.
Two gunshots rang out, and Brooks was hit in the lower chest.
The three men fled the scene.
The woman took Brooks to the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex where he underwent surgery
He has been listed in a stable condition.