Cop shot, killed in Guapo

A policeman was killed on duty in an early-morning shooting on November 6 that also left a colleague wounded and a gunman dead.

PC Krishna Banahar, who was based at Siparia CID, was pronounced dead at Point Fortin Hospital at 5.20 am.

The bandit is yet to be identified.

Initial reports said Banahar and a colleague, Cpl Mohammed, were on duty at St Rose Street in Guapo, on the outskirts of Point Fortin, where gunmen shot at them, hitting both.

They fired back, hitting one of the shooters.

The police and the other wounded man were taken to the hospital, where Banahar died.

Other police from the South Western Division were notified and a search is under way for the other suspect.

No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.