Trinidad Police shoot and kill six people

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad police have shot and killed six people, including one woman, in Freeport.

The police said those killed were allegedly involved in two home robberies in the Central area within the last 12 hours. The victims are yet to be identified.

They said the five men and one woman, shot at them and in accordance with the Use of Force Policy, they returned fire, killing all six at the scene.

Media reports said the victims were part of a ring that had been responsible for a string of robberies in the past several months in the Central Division.