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The army was in receipt of information on the slaying of the eight miners at Lindo Creek five days before their burnt remains were found by the owner of the camp, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the murders learnt yesterday.
Retired Colonel Fitzroy Ward, made the disclosure during his testimony before the CoI yesterday.
Ward had been the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) task force commander in the Joint Services team that was deployed to the Kwakwani area following a June 5th, 2008 encounter between police and members of the Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins gang, at Christmas Falls.
Ward related to the commission that on June 16th, 2008, when police apprehended then 15-year-old Fineman gang member Dwane Williams, he related details of criminal activity spearheaded by the gang, including alleged killings at Lindo Creek.
