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Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Ju­nior Ben­jamin has con­firmed that charges are ex­pect­ed to be laid against one per­son for in­cit­ing po­lit­i­cal vi­o­lence on­line, while in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to oth­ers have been launched as the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) as­serts it is tak­ing a ze­ro-tol­er­ance ap­proach to threats made in the run-up to the April 28th Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

Ben­jamin yes­ter­day is­sued a stern warn­ing to so­cial me­dia users, con­demn­ing the use of on­line plat­forms to pro­mote or in­cite vi­o­lence, whether di­rect­ly or in­di­rect­ly, against sup­port­ers of op­pos­ing po­lit­i­cal par­ties.

“At least one per­son for sure was ar­rest­ed and the mat­ter is with the DPP to give ad­vice as to what will be the next step with that,” Ben­jamin to Guardian Me­dia.