Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has declared a limited State of Emergency in hot spots across Trinidad.

The decision, she said, was made “after much deliberation with the National Security Council and members of the Cabinet” in response to the “spate of murders over the past few days.”

In making the ominous declaration, the Prime Minister added that “the limited state of emergency will allow (the Government) to achieve a number of things in relation to crime reduction, which would not be prudent for me to disclose in advance of the action taken.”