Arko lifted his right arm to push the strand back from his forehead and all of a sudden, an excruciating pain overwrought him. The bullet grazed past his forearm and lodged itself in his upper arm. The impact left his arm injured and he stumbled back and slumped down, holding his arm with the other hand. Blood spurted out and everyone in the hall gasped in astonishment. The men and women sitting on the stage rushed to Arko and someone called for an ambulance. One of the women tied her stole around the wound to stem the bleeding. Arko was conscious till he reached the hospital and then the doctors gave him anaesthetic shot to operate the wound. Arko’s last thought before he became unconscious was who would want to harm him.
