IN THE midst of a state of emergency, TT was gripped by a deadly wave of violence over the past week, with at least 12 people including a woman and a 15-year-old boy, being murdered in several incident in the space of five days between Monday and Friday.

From home invasions to street shootings, the brutal killings shocked communities across TT and sent the murder into overdrive, moving from 276 on Monday, to 288 as of Friday.

The latest murders took place before dawn on October 10, when a sleeping family was set upon by gunmen in Friendship Village, San Fernando and were shot as they slept.