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Where to look for next bomb

POLICE should look for bomb number six in areas of Western Queen Street this weekend.

This is the view of a security source with experience in the military.

The source said investigators should study the patterns of the bombing to catch the bomber and prevent further damage.

“Areas of the National Library and the two bars on Lower Richmond Street could be the likely targets.

“Or, the bomber might deviate to Park and St. Vincent Streets popularly known as the Green Corner.

“Police should concentrate in these areas and have the sniffer dogs out before and not after the bomb explodes,” the security official said.

The security official said a careful study of the pattern of the bombings should have led to the arrest of the bomber at the last bombing at Spektakular Forum last October 27.

Deputy Police Commissioner Glen Roach, however, said that he believes the person who planted the bomb at the Spektakula was just playing the fool.

Roach said he did not believe it was the act of the person who planted the previous four bombs.

But the security official said he had already looked at the areas close to the Spektakula as the possible target.

“The bomber is targeting popular areas,” the security official told TnT Mirror.

The security also made a call for all steel garbage bins to be replaced with rubber ones.

“More damage will result from a low density bomb in a steel bin compared to the results of an explosion in a rubber bin.

“The steel will obviously fragment and cause greater damage in an explosion,” the official said.

The source said the bomber appears to be a disgruntled or frustrated individual who is trying to show his worth.

“It seems as though the bomber does not want to cause much fatalities.

“But the bomber is gaining confidence.”

The official said the next bombing could be bigger.

“The bomber got away with the Spektakula Forum bombing even as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director, Robert Mueller visited Trinidad on the matter.

“That is obviously a plus for him,” the security official told Mirror.

The first bomb was placed in a bin at the Corner Queen and Frederick Streets last July 11.

Yvonne Mc Ivor lost her leg in the blast.

Others were also injured.

On August 10, there was another bomb blast on George Street but no one was injured.

Again, on September 10, an employee of KFC was slightly injured by an explosion at the Independence Square outlet.

On October 14, another bomb exploded in the vicinity of the popular Smokey and Bunty bar in St. James.

Ten persons were injured in that blast.
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