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Screams echoed in Chatham yesterday when
a tractor transporting soil-testing equipment almost crushed a
one-year-old child as he lay on the road, huddled in his father’s
arms.
Baby
Omar Mohammed burst into tears when his father Abdullah Mohammed fell
in front of a tractor during a mad rush to stop Trintoplan officials
from entering the proposed site of Alcoa’s aluminium smelter
plant.
Four protesters, among then UWI lecturer Prof Peter Vine were arrested by police.
The
Trintoplan workers had gone to Chatham with a heavy police presence to
begin soil testing but were met with a human barricade.
More than 80 residents, mainly women and children, stood on the road.........
Source: RADHICA SOOKRAJ - www.guardian.co.tt |
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