PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP):
POLICE HAVE detained a suspect and were searching for two others in the bombing of a busy street in Trinidad's capital, police said yesterday.
The police also warned against the possibility of yet another explosion in the capital as the authorities posted a TT$25,000 (US$4,166) reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators of Wednesday's bombing incident.
Police detained the man late Wednesday and searched his home, said police commissioner Trevor Paul. He declined to provide further details.
The bomb exploded Wednesday in a pile of garbage bags in downtown Port-of-Spain, sending bystanders fleeing but injuring no one.
The blast came a month after a bomb exploded in a trash can in the city, injuring 14 people, including a woman who lost her leg. No one has been arrested in the first bombing.
NO COMMENT ON RELATION
Paul noted Wednesday that both blasts used low-intensity explosives, but
declined to say whether they might have been related.
The explosions occurred just three streets apart, blocks from Parliament.
Police have said most of the injuries from the first blast were caused by debris from the exploding metal trash bin, not the bomb itself. Police said the device appeared to have been home-made.
The two-island country, a former British colony of 1.3 million people, is the most prosperous member of the 15-member Caribbean Community, thanks to its petroleum and natural gas deposits. In recent years, it has become the leading supplier of liquid natural gas to the United States, supplying 75 per cent of imports last year.
