“I see a soldier drag one of the men off his seat and slammed
him down to the ground.
“Then he cock the gun on him and tell him if he only move
he go shoot him.
“Soon after, another group of officers took the men into custody
and threw them into the back of a silver-coloured police pick-up
van.”
Ruben Attiba, 21, reportedly wanted for a number of murders, was
identified as the resident who was killed by the cops.
Residents also told Mirror: “The armed officers with masks
on their faces came banging down our doors in the wee hours of the
morning.”
“We were skeptical to open our doors because the cops were
dressed like bandits and we were scared; we were not sure they were
police.”
“If they were not wearing masks we would have felt more secure
in opening our doors.” Another resident added: “The
cops were very abusive to us.
“Male police are not supposed to hit a female civilian, and
I saw a woman get a gun butt to her face from a male cop and ordered
to get inside.
“The police take away our jewellery, cellphones and money.
We find it was real wickedness.”
Meanwhile, another resident, security officer Wilton Williams, complained
that the officers raided and ransacked his home in his absence and
also broke down the fence at the back of his yard.
“My two grandchildren came to visit me that day and the experience
left them traumatised,” he added.
“They were also not at home when the cops raided, but arrived
in time to witness some of the police in action.”
Friendly neighbours pitched in and helped Williams repair his fence.
All told, 27 persons were arrested during the early-morning raid.
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