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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 24, CMC – National Security Minister retired Major General Edmund Dillon Tuesday urged residents to remain calm as police continue their investigations into the authenticity of a recording posted on the social website, warning of a plot to bomb several shopping malls in the country.
In a statement, Dillon said that he is telling citizens “not be guided by rumours and remain calm and vigilant and report any suspicious activity”.
He has given an assurance that this country’s intelligence agencies “are working to authenticate the origin of such threats and findings will be generated in a timely and accurate manner”.
In the first recording directed to a What’s App group, the man uses the word “batch” which is commonly used by soldiers, and makes reference of information he says came out of the camp he is in.
He goes on to refer to the camp as being close to where the Special Anti-Crime Unit of T&T (SUATT) operated and that the word reaching the camp is that ISIS is planning to detonate bombs in the malls sometime between Thursday and Sunday
The person is informing relatives to stay away from the malls.
Police say they are in possession of the recordings and are seeking to determine whether they are authentic or a hoax.
