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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kenneth Mohammed in Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence

Yellow police tape seals off a road where many parked vehicles congregate and people in white paper suits can be seen.
Forensic investigators at the scene of last night’s shooting on the outskirts of Trinidad’s capital, Port of Spain. Photograph: Jermaine Cruickshank/Trinidad Express

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the Caribbean dual-island nation took the number of murders this year to 623.

Five men were shot overnight in an estate on the outskirts of the capital, Port of Spain, a man killed outside a police station on Saturday, and a 57-year-old woman was shot dead on Friday as she collected her teenage son from hospital in San Fernando.

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