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A group of armed bandits, estimated to be around eight (8) to ten (10) in total, stormed four (4) businesses at Boundary Road, San Juan, on Tuesday afternoon (22nd February 2022) in what is being described as an “invasion.” Employees of Reliable Appliances and Parts, Samaroo’s Material General Limited, Carpet World and Scaffolding Supply were robbed of personal items including cellphones, money and jewellery after the bandits pulled up in three (3) vehicles. Police Officers of the North Eastern Division, however, acted quickly after being notified of the robbery in progress and intervened, shooting and killing one of the bandits. The dead bandit has been identified as 25-year-old Denille Robinson, of D’abadie. According to reports, Officers were called to Reliable Appliances and Parts on Boundary Road at around 12:55pm on Tuesday afternoon. Upon arrival, the Officers noticed several workers tied up on the floor of the warehouse. One of the workers signalled to the Officers that the bandits were still upstairs. They then ventured upstairs the building and saw the bandits — calling on them to surrender. However, Police reported that Robinson pointed a gun at them and they shot him. He was later taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt. Hope where he died. Clarence Fitzroy Phillip, who is employed with Reliable Appliances and Parts, was beaten by bandits with cutlasses and a gun about his body. He was later treated for his injuries. Speaking with Guardian Media, Phillip explained what happened, saying, “We collected some goods from a company and while checking it, I walked outside because I heard a vehicle coming in and when the truck came in he was blocking the driveway and I told him to pull at the side and he started to move the truck and it still remained in the centre of the driveway. So I walked back into the warehouse and when I turned back I saw two men coming in my direction from another vehicle and before I could get back into the warehouse, I saw another four men all armed with guns. They started to run directly to me and then they told me to lie down.” The traumatized employee added, “Then I started to see other bandits with cutlasses coming towards me while on the ground, they started to kick me up and said not to watch them, so I turned my face and another bandit used tie straps to bound my hands.” Having relieved the employees of their personal items, Phillip said, “The bandits started to load the goods we just received, some stoves, small refrigerators and ring stove burners, they tried to take a big refrigerator but it was too heavy for them to lift onto their truck. This is a traumatic situation and life has to go on, the best thing is that nobody’s life was taken.” Police are on the hunt for the remaining bandits who fled the scene. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: CNC3]
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