Kali­fa Clyne

Ari­ma may­or Ghas­san Youseph says he is con­fi­dent in Gov­ern­ment's state of emer­gency mea­sures. He said so hours af­ter po­lice shot and killed two men who at­tempt­ed to rob Good­wood Rac­ing Ser­vice, Green Street, Ari­ma, yes­ter­day. In an in­ter­view yes­ter­day, Youseph de­scribed the state of emer­gency as a step in the right di­rec­tion. "This coun­try has a se­ri­ous crime prob­lem and the Prime Min­is­ter felt this was the best way to deal with it and I feel this shows a com­mit­ment to deal­ing with the sit­u­a­tion," said Youseph.

Youseph com­mend­ed po­lice of­fi­cers who took charge of the sit­u­a­tion yes­ter­day dur­ing the shoot­ing in­ci­dent. "In­no­cent peo­ple have paid the price for the ac­tions of crim­i­nals. It is now the time for them to pay the price of their ac­tions," Youseph said. On Sun­day, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar de­clared that a lim­it­ed state of emer­gency would be in­sti­tut­ed in ar­eas deemed as crime hot spots.