Villagers protest; roadblocks erected
Tensions have risen again at Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD), following the early morning shooting of a villager, who was dragged from his bed along with his wife and child yesterday, by members of the ‘Black Clothes’ police.
Angry residents protested early yesterday morning after the police shot Shaka Blair in his home, after forcing their way into the house at Lot 42 Section ‘B’ Middle Walk, Buxton, shortly after midnight. Blair, 32, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A release from the police yesterday stated that investigations have commenced into the circumstances surrounding the death of Blair at around 1:00 am yesterday at the hands of a police party.