TTPS probes graphic video circulating online

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has launched an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to a graph­ic video cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia that ap­pears to show a vi­o­lent as­sault in­volv­ing sev­er­al men in a heav­i­ly veg­e­tat­ed area.

The TTPS said in a me­dia re­lease that in­ves­ti­ga­tors are work­ing to de­ter­mine the ori­gin, au­then­tic­i­ty, lo­ca­tion and time­frame of the footage.

Po­lice said they can­not con­firm where the in­ci­dent oc­curred, whether in Matelot, Sans Souci, To­co, Va­len­cia or else­where, and have not iden­ti­fied the vic­tim.

The East­ern Di­vi­sion, sup­port­ed by the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions and the Cy­ber Crime and So­cial Me­dia Unit, is pur­su­ing all leads, in­clud­ing miss­ing per­sons re­ports.

The TTPS urged the pub­lic not to share the video and to pro­vide any in­for­ma­tion to as­sist the in­ves­ti­ga­tion.