APNU urges ‘professional standards’ in interception of armed criminals

The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has condemned Saturday’s fatal shooting of three Albouys-town youths by lawmen and it is urging the police force to be guided by professional standards in the arrest of armed criminals.

“We are calling on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to pursue professional standards for intercepting armed and dangerous criminals and resolving the matter safely rather than escalating violence and then offering the public specious reasons for their actions,” APNU MP and Shadow Home Affairs Minister Winston Felix said on behalf of the coalition.

Jermaine Canterbury, 21, and his cousin Mark Joseph, 19, both of Lot 19 Hogg Street, Albouystown and Romario Gouveia, 19, of James Street, Albouystown, were