00:00Police are investigating the apparent firebombing of a vehicle belonging to CCN TV6 Tobago correspondent Elizabeth Williams.
00:09The incident occurred shortly after 2 o'clock on Friday morning outside her Tobago home.
00:15Williams says she and her daughter were awakened by a commotion and discovered her vehicle engulfed in flames.
00:22The firebombing of my vehicle occurred shortly after 2 a.m. on Friday.
00:27My daughter and I were at home when we heard a commotion outside.
00:33We investigated and observed that my vehicle was on fire.
00:39We formed a bucket brigade and extinguished the flames.
00:44Williams says police responded quickly after being contacted.
00:48We also contacted police officers who were prompt on the scene.
00:51They also told us they observed someone fleeing the scene and in addition a getaway vehicle was observed on the
01:01other street.
01:03She revealed this is not the first time one of her vehicles has been targeted.
01:07Williams says another of her vehicles had previously been tampered with and that matter also remains under police investigation.
01:15I wish to thank members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service for their prompt response.
01:22A number of police officers responded to the scene and the investigations are continuing.
01:27But I just wish to thank members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service for their swift action and investigations
01:36are continuing into this incident.
01:38The media association of Trinidad and Tobago has strongly condemned the attack, expressing relief that Williams and her daughter escaped
01:46without injury.
01:47In a statement, Matt called on the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service to conduct a swift, thorough and transparent investigation
01:54to determine both those responsible and the motive behind the attack.
01:59The association says there is currently no evidence linking the incident to Williams' work as a journalist.
02:05However, it's stressed that neither can that possibility be ruled out and warned that any attack connected to a journalist's
02:13work would have serious implications for press freedom.
02:17Matt says the incident comes at a time when concerns are growing over the environment in which journalists operate.
02:23It noted that Trinidad and Tobago fell 13 places in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without
02:32Borders,
02:33with the report citing high levels of crime and the targeted harassment of female journalists online among the factors contributing
02:41to the decline.
02:42The association says regardless of the motive, any act of violence or intimidation involving a journalist should be treated with
02:50the utmost seriousness,
02:52adding that journalists must be able to carry out their work without fear.
02:56Police investigations into the incident are continuing.
02:59Our Vichy Tomori, Ruknerine, TV6 News.
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