Chin Lee — Shooting endangered lives

Minister of National Security Howard Chin Lee said yesterday that the assassination attempt of  a known criminal outside Movie Towne, Westmoorings, which left one woman dead and two others critically injured had the potential of endangering the lives of innocent citizens. “I can assure you that this matter is receiving the urgent attention of the police and is the subject of an ongoing investigation,” said the Minister. Gillian Bowen, 31, of Nelson Street, Port-of-Spain, who was in company with Clive Lewis alias Adil Ghani and Salim Rasheed, was killed during the assassination attempt. Lewis and Rasheed who suffered gunshot injuries were rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where they were warded in critical condition.

Deputy Police Com-misioner, Trevor Paul, who is in charge of Operations in the service said that the police are investigating the matter and they are following certain leads. He added that the police are concerned with the spate of murders in the country, but added that all attempts are being made to deal with the crime situation. The Deputy Commissioner ex-pressed alarm at the type of guns being used in the murders. Newsday learned that Police Commissioner Hilton Guy and senior officers met yesterday to discuss the spate of murders,  98 for the year so far. An anti-crime initiative is expected to be launched shortly to deal specifically with gang related murders.