‘Murder rate would be higher’

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The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, stated that while child homicides are tragic, the current state of emergency has prevented crime rates from rising even higher. She expressed concern for the impact of crime on communities.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says it is a heartbreaking tragedy whenever a child is killed, but noted yesterday that crime in Trinidad and Tobago would have been worse in the absence of a state of emergency (SoE).Persad-Bissessar was questioned yesterday…