Solomon rejects blame for Linden clashes

APNU MP Vanessa Kissoon and Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon during a press conference held at GPSU headquarters yesterday. (Arian Browne photo)

Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon yesterday said that he is not to be blamed for the July 18, 2012 confrontation between protestors and police that resulted in the shootings that claimed the lives of three Lindeners and left close to two dozen others injured.

“I take no personal responsibility,” Solomon told reporters during a press conference yesterday to discuss the contents of the final report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) which was set up to investigate,