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The incident in which a prison officer was stabbed during an attempted robbery in St Augustine on Thursday, has been described as a crime of opportunity and not a targeted ambush as previously believed.
Confirming the 34-year-old man was in a stable condition at hospital yesterday, Prison Officers Association (POA) president Gerard Gordon yesterday urged the public to join the authorities in taking back the country from the criminal elements.
The officer, who is assigned to the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca, was approached around 12.15 am as he walked along St Augustine Circular to his home.
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