IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE
“di The man dem inna di middle a road a buss up shot. One a dem all down pon him belly like a show ting.
of a man, who the residents described as a ‘good youth’.
“From him dead, the place turn upside down because man get dead back, and a just bare reprisal start gwaan. Bwoy, it look like a di embalming oil di man dem a tek like MoBay man dem because dem just get heartless. The oil must be working man,” a small business operator told THE STAR.
RESIDENTS FEARFUL
Although there is a high presence of police and soldiers in the area, some of the residents remain fearful.
“A only the duppy dem alone and madman walk a night time. All six o’clock my business lock up,” the business woman said.
Similar sentiments were echoed by a taxi driver and a barber in the neighbouring Bryce Hill community, who said that they have also been affected by the violence.
“Mi usually wake up and touch di road all 4:30 [in the morning], but right now me nah budge because nobody nuh really come out so early again,” the cab driver explained. Also badly affected by the spate of violence are the children of August Town Primary School. Principal of the institution Marlton Wilson said the incident occurred during the devotion period. “A teacher had just prayed for a
group of students who are down to take the GSAT exams and then the shooting start. The children were scared. Some of them while running for cover fell. The entire staff is shaken up by all of this,” he said. Wilson said he is hoping that the community will return to normal and peaceful activities soon. “Last Monday and Tuesday, we had to cancel our sports day activities because of the war, and as the kids returned to school, classes had to be dismissed prematurely. Things just can’t continue like this,” he said.