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Civilians and police ranks yesterday continued to blame each other for the Easter Monday mini-riot at Windsor Forest, which left several civilians wounded and three ranks injured.Police officials yesterday released a statement in which they alleged that the ranks were forced to open fire after they were attacked by a violent mob.But eyewitnesses accused the ranks of beating and firing indiscriminately at peaceful participants who were on the seawall.The injured civilians included Hansraj Ori, 60, who resides at Richmond Hill, New York, USA. Ori, who is originally from Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara,World Baseball Classic Jerseys Outlet, sustained pellet injuries to the abdomen and neck.He underwent surgery at the Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital. Relatives said that two pellets were removed from his abdomen.However, he was transferred yesterday to the Woodlands Hospital. Relatives said that they have already spent some $338,000 for his treatment at the first institution.A sister-in-law of the injured man alleged that he was shot while returning from a Windsor Forest residence, to which he had retreated after police had opened fire. She said that Ori was returning to the seawall,World Baseball Classic Jerseys 2017, where he had left his relatives, when he was wounded.Ramnarine Jagrup, 29, sustained pellet injuries in the left upper thigh and to the nose.Kaieteur News understands that a third man,Adam Loewen Canada Jersey, who is a mechanic, was also shot, but did not seek medical treatment.According to the police statement, at about 19: 00hrs on Monday, ranks from “D” Division (West Demerara/East Bank Essequibo) commenced closing down music sets that were playing at Easter activities in the Division. These areas included the Joe Vieira Park at Schoon Ord, WBD, the Windsor Forest Seawall, WCD, and Kastev Housing Scheme, Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD. It added that during the day,cheap nfl jerseys online, the police at the Leonora and Den Amstel Police Stations had received several reports of noise nuisance from citizens.“Initially the operators of the music systems at all the locations complied and the sets were turned off. However, at about 19:45hrs,World Baseball Classic Jerseys, a stereo system at the Windsor Forest Seawall, for which no permission was granted to play, started to play loud music again,” police said.“Further reports of noise nuisance were received…and police ranks Corporal 18372 Sherwin Smith, Constable 20724 Oswin Fordyce and Constable 20483 Kevin Fileen, went and requested the operators to turn off the music system.”According to the statement, persons on the seawall began to throw stones, bottles and other missiles at the ranks and rushed them and attempted to take away their firearms.Wounded: Ramnarine Jagrup“As a result a scuffle ensued between the police ranks and the group of men during which the ranks received injuries to their bodies but managed to hold on to their firearms and arrest five of the men who were taken to the Leonora Police Station.“Later, at about 20:15hrs,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, information was received by the police that persons were blocking the public roadway at Windsor Forest and were burning tyres and other materials on the roadway and obstructing the free flow of traffic.“The police went to the scene and came under attack with bottles, stones and other missiles being thrown at them and the police responded by discharging a round from a shotgun at the crowd which caused them to disperse.“The police also arrested eight more persons who were also taken to the Leonora Police Station.“It was subsequently found that two motor cars and a mini-bus that were parked on the Windsor Forest public road were damaged and this is suspected to have been done by persons among the crowd.“The three injured police ranks were treated at the Leonora Cottage Hospital and sent away.Members of the Police Office of Professional Responsibilities were called in and have launched an investigation into the matter.”‘D’ Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud had told Kaieteur News that his ranks had no alternative but to open fire, since their lives were in danger.Giving a different version of the incident, Ori’s sister-in-law said that her US-based relative and several other residents were at the seawalls, where a bar had been set up and a music set was being played.She alleged that at around 18:00 hrs, some police ranks came to the area and ordered the owner of the music set to switch it off.“We complied, and about an hour later they came again,A.J. Morris Italy Jersey, looked around and left. When they left the owner of the set said let we play the music moderate. Everybody said ‘okay, (play) moderate’.”The woman alleged that some 30 minutes later, the ranks returned again. “When they came they began to pull out the wires from the set. So the guy (music set owner) stand in front of the music set and said ‘you can’t do this, it is wrong’.She alleged that at that point, the ranks began to assault the music set owner. They then arrested him and other revelers.(Continued on page 21) |
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