In Brief
- Couva double murder: Two women were shot and killed at a spa on the Southern Main Road shortly after 10 am on Wednesday.
- Attorney killed: 53-year-old attorney-at-law Taradath Singh was gunned down outside a school in Charlieville, Chaguanas, on Tuesday.
- Previous ambush: Singh had survived an earlier attempt on his life at his home on 28 September,though police have not yet confirmed whether the two attacks are linked.
Homicide detectives are investigating the murders of three people in Central Trinidad in less than 24 hours, following the fatal shooting of two women at a spa in Couva on Wednesday morning and the killing of a 53-year-old attorney in Charlieville on Tuesday.
In the latest incident, two women were shot dead shortly after 10 am on Wednesday at a spa located inside a plaza at the corner of Charlotte Street and the Southern Main Road, Couva.
Police have not yet released the identities of the victims or provided further details surrounding the circumstances of the double murder.
Attorney killed one month after surviving ambush
Wednesday’s double murder occurred just one day after attorney-at-law Taradath Singh, 53, was shot and killed outside a school in Charlieville, Chaguanas.
While police said the exact circumstances and motive surrounding Tuesday’s fatal shooting remain unclear, the killing came almost a month after Singh survived an earlier attempt on his life at his home on Monday, 28 September.
According to police reports from the September incident, Singh had been reversing his white BMW iX into his Penn Trace residence at around 7.35 pm when he noticed a man dressed in blue coveralls and a cap emerging from bushes opposite his property.
The suspect reportedly pointed a firearm in Singh’s direction and fired several shots. Singh managed to escape the ambush uninjured, while the gunman fled the scene on foot.
Investigators have not yet confirmed whether Tuesday’s murder is connected to the September attack. Enquiries into both fatal shootings are continuing.
