Protests have spread to Co­corite and Care­nage as mem­bers of the De­fence Force have been called out to as­sist po­lice.

The Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty, Stu­art Young has called for calm while ac­cus­ing crim­i­nal el­e­ments of caus­ing the protest.

The protests were sparked by the po­lice shoot­ings of three men in Sec­ond Cale­do­nia, Mor­vant on Sat­ur­day.

CCTV footage showed the men with their hands in the air be­fore they were shot by po­lice.

There are fires in Sea Lots, Beetham, Laven­tille, East Port-of-Spain and in some parts of Mor­vant.

Po­lice have been turn­ing back ve­hi­cles en­ter­ing Port-of-Spain and there have been spo­radic gun­fire heard in some of the protests.

A bul­let was found lod­gesin a win­dow on the third floor of the Min­istry of Le­gal Af­fairs tow­er in Port-of-Spain.

Po­lice have ar­rest­ed some res­i­dents.

There is a fire burn­ing at the SWM­COL com­pound in Sea Lots.

Sev­er­al build­ings in Port-of-Spain have closed and work­ers have been mak­ing their way home.

There are re­ports of po­lice of­fi­cers be­ing at­tacked with pro­jec­tiles and at least one of­fi­cer has been in­jured.

The Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty has called on any­one with in­for­ma­tion to take it to the Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty which is con­duct­ing an in­ves­ti­ga­tion.Sev­er­al peo­ple have al­so been wound­ed by gun­shots.

POS & En­vi­rons

0900hrs - NP Fly­over - Protest and burn­ing of de­bris.

0920hrs - Co­conut Dri­ve, Mor­vant - Protest & burn­ing of de­bris.

Protests have spread to parts of the Dei­go Mar­tin Main Road and to Mal­oney.

0930hrs - Clifton Hill - Car burnt at Clifton Hill as well as de­bris.

0935hrs - Pi­o­neer Dri­ve, Sealots - Large gath­er­ing at Sea Lots in the vicin­i­ty of the Light­house; heavy smoke re­port­ed.

0939hrs - Bel­mont Val­ley Road, Bel­mont - Blocked street & burn­ing of de­bris.

0940hrs - Dun­can and Prince Streets (at the be­gin­ning of Laven­tille Rd) – Burn­ing de­bris.

0943hrs - Cor. Prince & Pic­cadil­ly St. - TTPS re­quest­ed ad­di­tion­al sup­port for out-of-con­trol crowd.

0944hrs - Nel­son & Prince St. - TTPS re­quest­ed ad­di­tion­al as­sis­tance for out-of-con­trol crowd.

0950hrs - Link Rd. Mal­ick – Protest mount­ing.

0957hrs - Ob­ser­va­to­ry St., POS - Burn­ing de­bris.

1011hrs - 6th & 7th Ave. Barataria - Burn­ing of de­bris.

1030hrs - Nel­son & Prince St. – Mount­ing protest.

Loud ex­plo­sions re­port­ed:

Tokoyo Pa­n­yard - Pash­ley Street, John John & the Beetham Area.

Im­pass­able ar­eas:

Pi­o­neer Dri­ve, Sealots - Traf­fic di­vert­ed on both the east and west­bound lanes.

Spree Si­mon – West bound traf­fic lim­it­ed and east bound di­vert­ed.

Con­gest­ed/ Lim­it­ed flow ar­eas:

Pash­ley Street and the Beetham High­way (in the vicin­i­ty of the dump) on both east and west­bound lanes.