Homicide officers up to late yesterday were probing two more murders in central and south Trinidad. The victims are 45-year-old Roderick Dibique, of Crissie Terrace, Enterprise, and clothes vendors Aaron Matis, 28, of Dumfries Road, La Romaine, and Gomez Street, San Fernando. Both were shot on Sunday night. Police said Dibique, who had several serious offences before the courts, including rape, was killed outside his home. Residents told police around 7.10 pm they heard several loud explosions and saw Dibique lying outside his gate.
Police officers, from the Chaguanas CID, headed by ASP Joanne Archie, visited the scene and investigations are continuing. In the other incident, a hooded gunman casually walked up to Matis at shot him. Matis, who operated a stall close to his father's business place at Short Street, off High Street, was liming at a bar in San Fernando when he was killed. His father is popularly known as "Mattress."
