26 schoolchildren, school staff and parent chaperones from Canada cut short their school trip in Puerto Plata a day after arrival after their Canadian host was shot during an attempted robbery. They were in the country to volunteer at the Casa Martina girls’ orphanage from Thursday 30 January to Friday 7 February. Their host was seriously injured by gunshots when trying to stop the robbery in La Rinconada. None of the visitors were injured, but several witnessed the shooting. The group left on Saturday, 1 February.
Local media identified the victim as 64-year-old Lef Welehmann. According to reports he is now in a critical condition at the Centro Medico Cabarete.
Puerto Plata Digital reported that the crime occurred when the group was sleeping and Welehmann discovered two masked men trying to steal from the Canadians. He confronted the thieves who shot at him before fleeing.
www.puertoplatadigital.com/verNoticia.aspx?Id=14602
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