A 25-year-old man is hos­pi­talised af­ter he was shot while rid­ing his bi­cy­cle near a veg­etable stall in Rio Claro on Thurs­day night.

Re­ports state that around 9 p.m., Fared Mo­hammed was rid­ing through Union Vil­lage when he heard a loud ex­plo­sion and im­me­di­ate­ly felt a burn­ing sen­sa­tion in his back.

De­spite his in­jury, Mo­hammed man­aged to ride home, where he dis­cov­ered he had been shot. He was quick­ly tak­en to the Ma­yaro Health Fa­cil­i­ty for emer­gency med­ical at­ten­tion.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that doc­tors were able to re­move one bul­let be­fore trans­fer­ring Mo­hammed to the San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal for fur­ther treat­ment.

Rio Claro po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.