PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 6, CMC – Police said one of their colleagues was shot and killed and another wounded during a shootout with gunmen in Guapo, in south western Trinidad on Wednesday.
The police said that one of the gunmen was also shot and killed. He is yet to be identified.
They said constable Krishna Banahar, who is attached to Siparia CID in the South-Western Police Division was pronounced dead at the hospital around 5.20 am (local time) and that his colleague has been hospitalised.
Initial reports indicate that Banahar and his colleague, Cpl Mohammed, were on duty in Guapo, on the outskirts of Point Fortin, when gunmen shot at them, hitting both officers.
The police said that a search is under way for the other suspect.
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