STATEMENTS RELATING to last month`s killing of seven men in Braeton, St.
Catherine, have been collected and are ready to be placed in the hands of the
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for a ruling.
Investigations into the controversial Braeton shooting is now in an advanced
state, according to the Bureau or Special Investigation (BSI) which is
probing the incident.
A spokesperson at the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) said yesterday
that statements have been collected and will be sent to the DPP.
Amnesty International and other local human rights groups have been calling
for an independent investigation into the killing of the men.
Yvonne Sobers, of Family Against State Terrorism (FAST) told a press
conference at Stella Marris Catholic Church Tuesday that Senior
Superintendent Reneto Adams had said on air that 60 or so armed policemen and
women were assigned to serve two arrest warrants in Braeton on the morning of
March 14.
"He said the Commissioner (Francis Forbes) had personally established that
team from different departments... Six weeks later, we are yet to be told who
were the persons for whom the warrants were issued," she said.
Deputy Chief Forensic Pathologist Dr. Peter Leth of Denmark who watched over
the autopsy on behalf of Amnesty International submitted his findings, parts
of which said six of the seven men had received lethal gunshot wounds to the
head.
A section of the findings suggested that it was highly unlikely that this
pattern of gunshot wounds on the deceased should have occurred by random
shooting from outside the house through closed windows.
