President meets with families of victims of Lusignan shooting
January 26th, 2008 | by resist | filed in Guyana Cocaine | organise, mobilise, resist, protest!
-expresses his condolences-vows action will be taken
Georgetown , GINA, January 26, 2008
President Bharrat Jagdeo and a team today ventured into the village of Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara which has been plunged into a state of mourning and grief following the cold-blooded murder of 11 of its residents, including children, early this morning by criminal elements.
The Head of State’s visit followed a press conference he hosted in which he described the act by the criminals as brutal and cowardly.
“I say cowardly because only sick, demented cowards could kill defenceless children. I would like, on behalf of the Government and all the people of our country to extend our deepest condolences to the families and relatives of those who have been so brutally murdered,” President Jagdeo said at today’s press conference.
Visiting the homes of the victims today, the President attempted to console some of those who were in deep grief, while the enormity of the act was evident with bullet holes in some walls and bloody bed sheets and other objects in sight.
Some described the criminals’ weapons as huge and bullets large. They also confirmed earlier expressed fears that robbery was not the criminals’ motive but mayhem and murder since the criminals randomly moved to different homes carrying out their murderous acts.
Thousands of relatives from neighbouring villages came out in support of the families and expressed their anger and disappointment that security forces did not respond in a timely manner when called upon to assist during the time of the incident.
President Jagdeo explained that he would be investigating the matter fully and telephone records will be checked and if it is shown that this is so, then action will be taken against these security personnel.
The residents are claiming that they telephoned several police stations in the surrounding areas such as the Vigilance Police Station but were instead given different numbers to call. They also told the President that it took the police about an hour and a half to get to the scene of the crime.
Many angry residents stated that they want action to be taken by the Authorities in this matter as the lives of several innocent children have been lost.
The Head of State assured the residents that the security forces, including the Joint Services have been put on full alert and will be dispatched to the East Coast villages. They have also been instructed to pursue the criminal gang who allegedly perpetrated the act while moves are being made to resuscitate Community Policing Groups.
Only recently, the President announced at a press conference that following a shoot-out between police and criminals at Mahaicony, three weapons were recovered and the weapons included two belonging to the Guyana Defence Force and were issued to the Ministry of National Development during the 1970s. Following this, Army records revealed that over 200 weapons were issued to the Ministry during the 1970s as well.
The 1970s was during the time when the former People’s National Congress (PNC) was in office and President Jagdeo said an investigation is being launched to ascertain the number of weapons issued to the Ministry and to other agencies, if any, and how many have not been returned. He had stated too that what needed to be queried was how some of these weapons got into the hands of criminal elements.
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