Tobago: Mother of one shot dead, marking 8th murder of 2024

27-year-old woman, Nikesha Sandy, was gunned down on the roadway in Plymouth shortly before 7 am on Thursday

Friday, 10th May 2024

Tobago: Mother of one shot dead, marking 8th murder of 2024 (PC - Facebook)

Trinidad and Tobago: A 27-year-old woman, Nikesha Sandy, was gunned down on the roadway in Plymouth shortly before 7 am on Thursday. She is the eighth murder victim of Tobago since the beginning of 2024 and the second female to be killed on this island this week. According to sources, the victim was walking along on her way to work when the assailants came and shot her dead. The police officials said that they have not yet determined any motive for the killing. The female lay on the ground in a pool of blood with her face downwards. As the relatives of the female arrived on the scene, they were seen to be in a distraught nature. One relative was seen screaming and rolling along the roadway while another one ran to her dead and hugged it as she lay lifeless.

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Reportedly, the residents around the area heard several loud explosions which were followed by screams of anguish in Plymouth, Tobago. The incident took place just a few meters away from the victim's home. The mother of one died at the scene while her relatives were calling out the police on the twin-island nation for justice. It is to be noted that this is the second woman to die by violence in less than a week in Tobago. Earlier on Saturday, the body of Shellon Walters Joseph was found in bushes in Mt St George, and her body had marks of violence while her body lies in the hospital awaiting an autopsy to determine the cause of her death in this incident. The officials have launched an investigation into both the incidents and are looking for the suspects who carried out the brutal crime. Meanwhile, the social media users have expressed their sadness over the incident and called it very 'painful'. "O lord this is so painful to hear a mother cry for her child, give her strength Lord," wrote a user named Edline Tidd, while another user lamented over the law officials and said, "T and t what we doing about these crimes, so we just going to sit and wait for who's next, this is to much now."