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Cab­i­net min­is­ters have ex­pressed con­cern over threats made against De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge, as se­cu­ri­ty agen­cies con­tin­ue to in­ves­ti­gate a re­port­ed as­sas­si­na­tion plot.

In an in­ter­view dur­ing a tour of Besson Street Po­lice Sta­tion, Min­is­ter of Jus­tice De­vesh Ma­haraj said, “We are very con­cerned. All of us are very con­cerned. This is our col­league and a min­is­ter, but there's on­ly so much we can say at this point in time. I trust you will un­der­stand that the mat­ter seems to be un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion and they're tak­ing it very se­ri­ous­ly.”

Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der added, “Min­is­ter Sturge would have con­sult­ed with the rel­e­vant agen­cies. Once a threat comes for­ward, you would al­so brief your fam­i­ly ac­cord­ing­ly. The se­cu­ri­ty arrange­ment, I would not want to dis­cuss too much. How­ev­er, we are do­ing every­thing we can to en­sure the safe­ty of Min­is­ter Sturge and his fam­i­ly.”