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A 56-year-old Rousillac father of three, was fatally shot while selling roses on Valentine’s Day.

According to police reports, Vijay Nanan and his Venezuelan employee were both shot, when two bandits, one armed with a gun, entered their tents located opposite Gulf City Mall, La Romaine.

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00:00Investigating the death of a 79-year-old man who was found unresponsive at a senior daycare facility in Dabadi
00:06after marks of violence were observed on his body.
00:09The deceased has been identified as Methodius Matura of Lopino Road, Aruka.
00:15Matura, police suspect, died as a result of injuries sustained in December during a home invasion.
00:21However, a post-mortem is needed to confirm this.
00:24Around midday on February 17th, officers responded to a report of a sudden death at the best-of-the-best
00:31senior daycare, Crescent Drive, Mausica Road.
00:34On arrival, they met a nursing home attendant who led them to a room on the western side of the
00:39building where Matura was seen lying on a bed.
00:42He was last seen alive around 11.40 a.m. by the attendant.
00:46Officers observed marks of violence on the deceased's upper chest, right hand, right hip and both lower limbs.
00:54When questioned, the attendant stated that Matura had been admitted to the facility on January 6th following a home invasion
01:02where he was assaulted.
01:03Police were told that he was seen on January 28th by the facility's attending physician.
01:17Police said Javier Richards, 23, who lived in the area, was walking along the roadway around 10.45 p.m.
01:24when he was approached by a man unknown to him.
01:26He reported hearing two loud explosions and subsequently felt a burning sensation to his left upper thigh.
01:33The assailant led the scene.
01:34A resident of the area transported Richards to the Arema Health Facility for medical attention.
01:39He was listed in a stable condition and was expected to be transferred to the Mount Hope Hospital.
01:45Investigations are continuing.
01:48A 56-year-old Rose Silac, father of three, was fatally shot while selling roses on Valentine's Day.
01:56According to police reports, Vijay Nanan and his Venezuelan employee were both shot when two bandits, one armed with a
02:04gun,
02:04entered their tents located opposite Gull City Mall, Laramene.
02:09Nanan was shot once to the pelvis area, while the female employee was shot on her left arm,
02:14before the bandits stole the cash on site and escaped.
02:19Both victims were taken to hospital, but Nanan died while still watered on Monday morning.
02:25Speaking off camera with TV6 News today, Nanan's 31-year-old Venezuelan wife said
02:30she was in the back tent on Saturday night packing some bulbs away when the bandits entered and grabbed her
02:36fist.
02:37Her first.
02:38She said she dropped the bulbs and started to scream.
02:41That's when, that's what alerted her husband and the workers who were both in the front tent.
02:48She says her husband picked up a cutlass and a struggle ensued during which the shots were fired.
02:54Also speaking with TV6 News today, president of the greater San Fernando area of commerce,
02:59Kiran Singh, condemned the businessman's killing and called for law enforcement to act swiftly
03:05and set the right example.
03:06He says criminals continue to hold citizens to ransom through these acts of violence.
03:13And we really, really impress upon the police to really bring these persons to justice,
03:21these criminals, and that the law demonstrates to criminals that crime does not pay
03:29and that they will be dealt with the harshest means available within the judicial system.
03:37This society has had enough of crime, and we must stand up against those who feel that they can take
03:44a man's life for a few dollars.
03:47And we must stand up against those who feel that they can take a man's life for a few dollars.
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