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Accident
victim Marieann Clarke, 16, in an undated photograph
Tobago
records:
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First homicide
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Attempted murder
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Road fatality
BY
GEISHA KOWLESSAR
Tobago law enforcement officers were kept busy yesterday
as they probed a homicide, the first for the year, the attempted
murder of a state witness and a road fatality which claimed
the life of a 16-year-old girl.
The incidents occurred within the space of half-an-hour
as the victims were making their way home from the Buccoo
festival early yesterday.
Police said, Gracey, of Goodwood, was liming at the festival
with a group of friends when he got into an argument with
another man. Gracey was stabbed several times.
He was rushed to the Scarborough hospital but was pronounced
dead on arrival.
Shortly after the incident, a team of officers headed by
Senior Supt Nadir Khan, mounted a search and held a suspect.
The suspect was up to late yesterday being interrogated
by police.
A mere 15 minutes later, police had to rush to another crime
scene, this time in Coral Gardens, Buccoo, where Mark was
shot.
Police said Mark and another man had just left the Buccoo
festival and were walking on the roadway when they were
accosted by an assailant who opened fire on them.
Mark, police said, was shot three times in the leg and abdomen.
The other man escaped unhurt.
Mark was rushed to the Scarborough hospital where he underwent
emergency surgery. He remained in stable condition up to
late yesterday.
Police have detained a suspect for questioning.
And even before officers had time to wrap up their probe
into the shooting, they were summoned to investigate the
hit-and-run accident in which Clarke was killed.
The accident happened at New Grange, approximately 200 metres
from the Old Grange Police Station. Clarke had also attended
the festival. She was on her way home when a car ploughed
into her. The teenager was pronounced dead on arrival at
hospital. A motorist, who reportedly sped off after the
accident, was subsequently detained in Bethel.
The car has been impounded pending investigations. With
Reporting by Casandra Thompson.
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The homicide victim is Philbert Gracey, 45.
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The state witness wounded in the attack was identified
as Dominique Mark, 30, also known as “Teeths”
of Coral Gardens, Buccoo.
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The accident victim is Marieann Clarke, 16, of Clarke
Road, Signal Hill.
Philbert
Gracey, 45 in happier times Photos: Angelo Marcelle
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