Some members of the farming community across Barbados are furious that a farmer seemingly had to resort to lethal force to protect his livelihood.
Barbados Agricultural Society chief executive officer James Paul; Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) president Alister Alexander and Barnwell Farms Ltd operations manager Gay Reed said the issues with praedial larceny have been going on for far too long and farmers’ backs were to the wall.
Police reported that two men were shot dead about 12:20 a.m. yesterday while in a yam field at Three Houses Plantation, St Philip.
The police also noted in its report that the owner of the field, which was under lease from the plantation, was patrolling after having experienced previous incidents of theft from the same yam field when he came across the two men harvesting his crops and confronted them. (CA)
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