Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she is heart­bro­ken over the re­cent triple killing in Bel­mont that claimed the lives of 23-month-old Aki­ni Kafi, his fa­ther Aquil Kafi and fam­i­ly friend An­tho­ny Wil­son.

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der says Bel­mont res­i­dents are “high­ly an­noyed” over Thurs­day’s triple mur­ders in the com­mu­ni­ty, be­cause they want­ed a Zone of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSO) in the area.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les says she is pre­pared to work with the Gov­ern­ment to tack­le crime fol­low­ing the Bel­mont killings that left two-year-old Aki­ni Kafi, his fa­ther Aquil Kafi and An­tho­ny Wil­son dead.

The killing of 23-month-old tod­dler Aki­ni Kafi, along­side two men in Bel­mont on Thurs­day, the sec­ond child-linked tragedy to rock Trinidad and To­ba­go in un­der two months, has trig­gered re­newed alarm among re­li­gious lead­ers.