Murders still below 400 in 2020 so far
Murder tolls 2016-2020 so far. -
WITH THE MURDER TOLL standing at 394 for the year, Trinidad and Tobago has experienced the lowest murder rate in eight years.
According to statistics, in 2012 Trinidad and Tobago had 383 murders – 31 more than the year before. Since then, the toll had been trending upward until last year, when the murder rate reached its second highest in TT history, with 538. The highest number of murders in one year was in 2008, when 550 people were killed.
With 24 hours left in 2020, the murder rate would stand at 144 less than last year. This also means that for the first time in eight years, the murder toll in TT is under 400.
Trinidad `family man gunned down in `hit
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Chaguanas father among two murdered Tuesday night
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Two murders overnight
Homicide officers were kept busy overnight following two murders, which occurred in separate incidents in Chaguanas and Brazil Village.
Murder in Chaguanas
In the first incident, 37-year-old Naresh James, of Sarju Street, Petersfield in Chaguanas, was shot dead on Tuesday night after the gunman confronted his wife and their two children in the bedroom of their home.
According to a police report, at about 10 pm, James’ wife was at her home when a man of African descent, armed with a firearm and wearing a mask, entered her bedroom and demanded that she tell him where her husband was.