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A police officer died as a result of a gunshot wound while he was on duty at the headquarters of the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government at Kent House in Maraval.

It is not known how he sustained the injury.

Police said around 3.30 p.m. PC Jamal Charles, a Special Reserve Police officer, and another officer were having a conversation in the guard booth just outside the ministry’s main building.