The country yesterday recorded a second double murder in 24 hours in central Trinidad, after two men were found hacked to death in a bushy area off the Rivulet Road in Couva.
Police said a passer-by stumbled on the bodies of the two men about 50 metres to the south of Rivulet Road, Couva, just east of Milton Junction.
Police said the men appeared to be in their 40s and bore several chop wounds. One of the men is of East Indian descent and the other mixed.
Police said a pair of walking crutches was found near the body of the man of mixed descent. Police have not as yet identified the victims. Homicide south is investigating.
On Sunday, the bullet-riddled bodies of Randy Ramdass, 28, and Anita Jagdeo, 27, were found in an abandoned canefield at factory Road, Chaguanas.
Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh said yesterday that the murders at Rivulet Road were only part of the growing crime problem in Couva.
“I expect the murder rate to pass 650 by the end of the year. The rising rate of crime is only indicative of the incompetence of the government to deal with this problem. They should go to the people and seek a new mandate.
“Crime in Couva is getting worse. No arrests have been made for the robbery at Republic Bank Couva earlier this year when the safe was broken into. There are a number of robberies, home invasions and car-jackings in Couva and the people are afraid.”