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A $100,000 reward has been offered for any information that could lead to the arrests and successful prosecution of the suspects involved in the killings of four persons on Sunday night. The ordeal that began in Belmont, ended at the Port of Spain General Hospital.
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00:00 This was confirmed by Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hines this
00:04 afternoon during a news conference at the National Security Building on
00:08 Abercrombie Street in Port of Spain.
00:10 And I'm calling on the community in light of the reward of $100,000 to assist quietly.
00:18 There are persons who you can trust and who you can share and the state will treat with the same
00:24 confidentially and I'm encouraging the citizens even for your own sakes you may
00:30 save a life if you did that and the life you saved may just be your own.
00:34 Hines once again condemned the incident and said that he had been given the
00:39 assurance that the police were doing all that they can to find those responsible.
00:43 On Sunday night eight persons were shot in Gonzales Belmont when armed men
00:49 pulled up to a group of Limers after a football game. Four men were fatally
00:53 shot while four others including a soldier and a woman were injured.
00:58 One man died on the scene. The other seven injured persons were taken to the Port of
01:03 Spain General Hospital. However while the injured men were being brought into the
01:08 accident and emergency ward the gunmen stormed the medical institution and shot
01:12 at the group once again injuring persons and sending staff and patients
01:16 scampering for safety. The incident resulted in the deaths of Peter Abdul
01:22 Williams 31, Kevin King 30, Jonathan Arjun 28 and Jason Reyes 21. All were said to
01:30 be from Belmont. As a result Hines called on citizens to work with the police to
01:36 help find those responsible for this heinous crime. He said that he had faith
01:40 in the TTPS to find those responsible. This is why I'm happy to know that the
01:45 police are now garnering all the evidence that is they could and in
01:49 pursuit of these assailants it would be very gratifying to know they get their
01:54 hands on them and triply gratifying if they get those guns. He also noted that
01:59 members of staff were traumatized following the incident. Well I can
02:03 understand that people would be traumatized and the Minister of Health
02:08 yesterday had a quiet conversation with me indicating that yes quite
02:13 justifiably members of staff expressed deep concerns about what transpired
02:19 and I am aware that a review of the security systems around there is also on
02:25 the way. Alexander Brouzal TV6 News
02:30 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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