What started as a protest over the recent police killing of Quindon Bacchus yesterday escalated into mayhem along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), where persons were robbed and property was destroyed, raising serious questions about the performance of the police.
The blocking of the main East Coast corridor at several points for most of the day yesterday inconvenienced large numbers of commuters and tear gas and pellets were fired by the police at several locations to restore order.
Last night, the police said that the road at Enmore to Golden Grove, ECD had been cleared by the Joint Services and is being monitored. It said that the Joint Services will maintain their presence along to East Coast carriageway to ensure that peace is kept.
