Three die during Linden power protest

The fire at the Linden Secretariat compound

Protests over an increase in Linden power tariffs took a tragic turn tonight with three people dying and a fire raging in the Linden Secretariat compound.

A man was fatally shot around 6.30 pm today as police began moving Linden protesters off the Wismar-McKenzie Bridge over the Demerara River where they were encamped all day in protest at the removal of the electricity subsidy for the mining