00:00The Facebook post stated, breaking.
00:03THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine reportedly escaped a life-threatening situation today.
00:10Details remain limited, but early reports say the Tobago leader narrowly avoided serious harm.
00:16Authorities are expected to release more information soon.
00:20Real CIA type of activity in Trinidad and Tobago now, yes? End quote.
00:25Mr. Augustine, when contacted, said it was the first time he was seeing the post and labeled it as fake
00:33news.
00:34Checks with senior police officers in Tobago confirmed that there was no information of the Chief Secretary escaping a life
00:42-threatening situation.
00:43This situation comes on the heels of a THA courier attached to the office of the Chief Secretary,
00:50narrowly escaping injury when a gunman opened the fire on his vehicle outside his home in Tobago early Friday morning.
00:58Police said the victim, who works at the office of the Chief Secretary, was driving around 5.15 a.m.
01:05on March 6th,
01:06when the incident occurred near his residence along Plymouth Road in Wim.
01:11According to reports, the 57-year-old courier noticed a man sitting near the roadway close to his home.
01:19The suspect, described as dark-skinned, slim-built and about 5 feet 11 inches tall with a cloth over his
01:27face,
01:28suddenly stood up, pulled out a firearm and fired several shots at the vehicle.
01:33The gunman then escaped along the roadway.
01:36Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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