This Caribbean Country’s Murder Rate Is Now At 48

A scene after a murder in T&T. (Photo: AYANNA KINSALE/Trinidad Express)

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Jan. 25, 2018:The murder rate of the twin-island of Trinidad and Tobago has up ticked to 48 in just 24 days of the new year.

The latest victim is a 28-year-old Sangre Grande man  who was shot dead while sleeping next to his 17-year-old girlfriend in their apartment during the early morning hours yesterday.

Last Saturday night, the cousin of Olympic Gold medalist Keshorn Walcott was also killed in the continued crime spree across the republic.