A Linden school which housed 830 primary students was burnt to the ground yesterday morning and around nine persons were injured by pellets later in the day as the police clashed with protesters during renewed attempts to clear blocked roads into the mining town which remains gripped by a near month-long protest over electricity tariffs.
The injured included two members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who were accidentally hit by police pellets in a melee that also saw tear gas being used against what police said were protesters who lobbed Molotov cocktails and other objects.
In a press release yesterday, the Joint Services Council said while its members were clearing blockages set up by protestors at the western end of the Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge, along
