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Gunmen invade Barbadian summer camp
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
In Barbados, a government summer camp at the Parkinson Community Centre in the parish of St. Michael was the scene of a running gun battle between rival gangs on Tuesday.
Sixty-four children and counsellors at the Life Skills Camp huddled in fear as gunmen from the near-by community of Regent Hill traded bullets outside the building.
A young camper said at about 10 o'clock in the morning, a little boy from the area ran into the community centre and warned them to lock the doors as the gunmen were headed for the camp.
The camper said he also saw a group of armed men chasing another man who tried to gain entry to the locked centre housing the children.
A camp counsellor and two children, who were outside during the ordeal, hid behind a car, and said one of the men pointed a gun at a child as he ran by.
No one at the camp was injured.
Programme coordinator for the camp, Hamilton Lashley, condemned the act, but said the camp would continue under the supervision and protection of the police.
He added that discussions are underway to have the camp relocated to the Parkinson Secondary School.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
In Barbados, a government summer camp at the Parkinson Community Centre in the parish of St. Michael was the scene of a running gun battle between rival gangs on Tuesday.
Sixty-four children and counsellors at the Life Skills Camp huddled in fear as gunmen from the near-by community of Regent Hill traded bullets outside the building.
A young camper said at about 10 o'clock in the morning, a little boy from the area ran into the community centre and warned them to lock the doors as the gunmen were headed for the camp.
The camper said he also saw a group of armed men chasing another man who tried to gain entry to the locked centre housing the children.
A camp counsellor and two children, who were outside during the ordeal, hid behind a car, and said one of the men pointed a gun at a child as he ran by.
No one at the camp was injured.
Programme coordinator for the camp, Hamilton Lashley, condemned the act, but said the camp would continue under the supervision and protection of the police.
He added that discussions are underway to have the camp relocated to the Parkinson Secondary School.
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