-says APNU will support them

OPPOSITION Leader, Aubrey Norton has said that the APNU will be supporting the 12 men who are wanted for terrorism crimes over their alleged involvement in the violent robbery of Mon Repos Market vendors during a protest action along the East Coast Demerara (ECD) corridor last year.

Norton made this disclosure on Wednesday during a public meeting in North Ruimveldt, hours after the Guyana Police Force (GPF) issued the wanted bulletins.

“… They issued arrest warrants under some terrorism act for innocent people on the East Coast who participated in the … protests.

“They now describing them as terrorists. We will support them. We will do everything to deal with it. But let me say this cannot continue,” Norton told his supporters.

On Thursday, five of the 12 men surrendered to the police with the aid of their attorney.

According to the GPF, the wanted bulletins were issued for several persons for Acts of Terrorism, Contrary to Section 309 (A) (1) (b) (ii) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01 which occurred on the East Coast Demerara on June 28, 2022.

In this regard, the GPF said it was seeking the assistance of the public for information about the whereabouts of those persons to be prosecuted for the aforementioned offence.

“Terror and mayhem were unleashed on persons on the East Coast of Demerara in June last year, during which several vehicles were burnt, and a number of stalls were ransacked and looted at the Mon Repos Market, ECD.

Roads were blocked by burning debris, and scores of persons were beaten and robbed during the acts of terror committed by ‘protestors’,” the GPF said in a release.