Another person is dead following Wednesday’s torching of a house in Couva. Dead is Lester Foster, an employee of MTS. Foster died around 1.30 am on Friday at the San Fernando General Hospital.
On Wednesday Tyrone Foster, 25, a terminal worker at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, died when his home was gutted after it was set ablaze by unknown assailants.
Layla Richards, and Lorna Cuffie-Foster, who is the girlfriend and mother respectively of Tyrone remain hospitalized. In a telephone interview, Cuffie-Foster said she got the news around 2 am on Friday that Lester had died. Lorna said she was in excruciating pain and suffered burns to her back and would need therapy.
When asked why her family was targeted, Cuffie-Foster said she had no idea but noted that people were spreading rumours about her son after he was killed.
She said Layla was also in the same ward as her and being treated for several burns to her body. Cuffie-Foster said a lot of people have offered their prayers for her and were praying for her and Layla’s recovery.
The T&T Fire Service (TTFS) said an accelerant such as gasoline may have been used since there were fire trails on the lawn outside the duplex where Foster lived at 27 Anand Yankaran Street Extension at the Exchange Housing Development.