POLICE report that at about 01:30hrs on August 06, 2014, the Lot 78-1 Duncan Street, Campbellville, Georgetown residence of acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba was channa bombed by occupants of a dark coloured motor car, who exited and threw two Molotov cocktails into the premises.

Fortunately, the devices failed to ignite, but a glass window of the security hut located at the front of the premises was damaged, and the front of her wooden two-storey house was slightly scorched.

Speaking to the media at her home yesterday morning, a visibly upset Sooba said that she was at home when the incident happened. She said a member of her security detail telephoned 911, and the police responded very

quickly; they even took away samples of the two channa bombs.

She related that, on Tuesday, someone at City Hall was questioning certain persons there, and she overheard some comments. An individual later telephoned her to say that there had been a planned meeting somewhere, she had been the subject discussed, and the individual was informing her out of concern for her safety.

Sooba said the male caller had even divulged the name of the senior official from City Hall and of other ‘evil elements’ who had been involved in the meeting, and had advised her to be cautious because of certain decisions that had been made.

“As such, I was very uneasy last week after hearing those things, and there were also several pieces of information that I received then,” she said.

Asked whether yesterday morning’s incident had anything to do with her attendance at the High Court later in the day for a ruling in relation to her retaining the Acting Town Clerk post, Sooba said it might be possible. She opined that the incident was just another attack to silence her because she has had many unpleasant experiences aimed at ‘scaring’ her off since her appointment as Acting Town Clerk at the City Council (M&CC).

After Chief Justice Ian Chang had ruled that Carol Sooba was the de facto Town Clerk and she could remain in that position until her appointment was challenged by a quo warranto, M&CC Public Relations Officer Royston King went ahead and filed the quo warranto, subsequent to Sooba and himself approaching the Court of Appeal to quash the ruling of the Chief Justice.

This latest, seemingly calculated attack on Sooba came days after Mayor Hamilton Green had ordered Chief Constable Andrew Foo to pull security personnel from Sooba’s residence.

Police investigations are reportedly in progress.

(By Michel Outridge)