No arrests yet in Trou Macaque double murder

POLICE OFFICERS investigating the shooting deaths of Kirt Richard Rosal and Julien De Gannes at Trou Macaque on Friday, are appealing to members of the public with information on the killings to come forward and assist. Investigators said they have received information that the persons responsible for the two killings are members of a gang from an area in Laventille known as “Africa.” Kelvin George, 21, one of the four men wounded by the killers, was released from hospital on Saturday. Three others, Anslem Cox, Brendon Cox and Thor John, are still in serious condition at Ward 54 of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.

George was interviewed by homicide officers but could not give a description of the killers because they were masked. Residents of Laventille are reportedly planning a march from Laventille to Whitehall to seek an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Patrick Manning on the spate of killings in the area. They are said to be fed up of the daily loss of lives in the area and of innocent people being killed. They added that they are fed up and angry over the situation and will be meeting the elders of Laventille shortly on the matter. The deaths of Rosal and De Gannes have pushed the murder toll for the year so far to 94. More than 50 percent of the murders have been committed in Laventille, Belmont and surrounding areas and are reportedly  gang-related.