RECKLESS GANG ATTACK!

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she was grate­ful that no one was hurt dur­ing Sat­ur­day’s mul­ti-mil­lion-dol­lar fire at the ca­ble yard of the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vice of T&T (TSTT) in Laven­tille, say­ing the “reck­less” act was car­ried out by a few gang mem­bers.

Re­spond­ing to Guardian Me­dia via What­sApp yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar de­scribed those set­ting the fire as “gang mem­bers,” who en­dan­gered hun­dreds of in­no­cent peo­ple in the Beetham Gar­dens and neigh­bour­ing Laven­tille.

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She not­ed that law-abid­ing, hard-work­ing peo­ple lived in these com­mu­ni­ties and was pleased that they were un­harmed, but stressed the dan­ger that on­ly a few peo­ple could pose to the so­ci­ety.