(Trinidad Express) The murder toll for the year so far has climbed to 20, with the shooting deaths of two men and the stabbing of a Chinese national between Friday night and early yesterday.
The victims have been identified by police as Shaquille Pierre, 18, of Windy Hill, Arouca; Robert Neptune, 38, of Sarganga Trace, Diego Martin; and Chinese national Yu Quan Ze, 22, of Longdenville, Chaguanas.
The first killing occurred just after 10 p.m. on Friday night at Caparo Valley Road, Longdenville, a short distance from Wing Hong Chinese Restaurant, where Yu was employed.
Police are searching for two Asian men, identified as the suspects involved in the crime.
Police said the suspects emerged from a black Toyota SUV vehicle and had an argument, in a foreign language, with the victim.
One of the men later whipped out a sharp object, believed to be a sword, and stabbed Yu once in the back.
The victim ran a short distance, collapsed and died at nearby Neilson Street, as the men escaped in the vehicle in which they had arrived.
A team of officers form the Central Division, led by ASPs Ramkhelawan and Meharris, and including detective Andre Forgenie, visited the scene. Cpl Basraj, of the Chaguanas CID, is probing the incident.
Police said they have the names of the two suspects, but they do not correspond with any records at the Immigration Department to any Asian national who would have legally entered the country.
Supt Johnny Abraham and Snr Supt Edward Castillo yesterday expressed confidence that the crime will be solved within a matter of days.
Abraham told the Sunday Express officers were working behind the scenes to bring closure in the incident and other outstanding homicides within the Central Division.
In the second killing, which occurred around 1 a.m. yesterday, a resident of Sarganga Trace, Morne Coco Road, Diego Martin, heard several loud explosions.
