Lindeners were protesting power tariff hike since April 5

Samuel Hinds

Lindeners first took to the streets on April 5 to protest the electricity tariff hike, more than three months before three of them were shot dead by police and at least 20 injured.

In that period the government has failed to clinch an agreement with the town over tariffs.

On April 5, a group of approximately sixty women and men,  led by an APNU Parliamentarian, Regional Democratic Council (RDC)  and Interim Management Committee (IMC) councilors,