Sunday, December 27, 2009
While the rest of the Trinidad & Tobago celebrated the festive season, two men were murdered yesterday, bringing the number of people murdered for 2009 to 500, according to a Sunday Express tally.
The men that made the 500 mark were Glenon Holder, 23, and Keith Molino, 29.
The first to have his life taken away by gunmen was Molino of Sanchez Street, Arima. According to police, Molino alias Zaza was shot dead around 3.30 a.m yesterday, moments after he left the Flavour Sports Bar, Cocorite Road, Arima, where a Christmas lime was in full swing.
Molino, who police said is known to be in the illegal drug trade, was hit once in the head after a volley of shots were fired at him. He collapsed and died on the corner of Cocorite and Heni Street, Arima.
According to police, Holder was a gang member believed to be linked to murdered gang leader Junior Joseph, who was shot dead in June last year.
Speaking with the Sunday Express yesterday, head of YesTT, Stephen Cadiz, said he was saddened by the fact that this country has now become the murder capital of the world.
This is absolutely ridiculous, I mean New York was once the murder capital and now we have passed New York, Cadiz said in a telephone interview.
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