Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence

A spate of six murders has taken the Caribbean nation's total to 623 in 2024, of which nearly half were gang related and almost all linked to organised crime, say police

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the Caribbean dual-island nation took the number of murders this year to 623.

Five men were shot overnight in an estate on the outskirts of the capital, Port of Spain, and a 57-year-old woman was shot dead on Friday as she collected her teenage son from hospital in San Fernando.